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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

And it just so happened that along the way that we were negotiating with Invest to have a...

And it just so happened that along the way that we were negotiating with Invest to have a Spanish version of it as well, The result was that the 1 2 8 K ended up being released in Spain Christmas of 1985

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And it just so happened that along the way
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that we were negotiating with Invest
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to have a Spanish version of it as well,
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The result was that the 1 2 8 K ended up being released in
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Spain Christmas of 1985.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
01:49:48
Uploaded
Apr 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Gracious Films

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Movie Summary

Sinclair ZX Spectrum. This film goes into all the finer details of how and why the ZX Spectrum was created, what impact the computer had as well as the various versions
So the Spanish speaking world got the 1 2 8 K, whereas - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:13
So the Spanish speaking world got the 1 2 8 K, whereas
The fallout from this was, which you could kind - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:13
The fallout from this was, which you could kind
All of a sudden we are like, oh mum, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
All of a sudden we are like, oh mum,
And they're like, you've just been given this one, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
And they're like, you've just been given this one,
So as a result, sales - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
So as a result, sales
When the UK in particular, which was a bit of a shame, I - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:24
When the UK in particular, which was a bit of a shame, I
We had a massive job, we had 18 million - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:20
We had a massive job, we had 18 million
And one of the cleverer things we'd done is we hadn't tried - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
And one of the cleverer things we'd done is we...
Uh, people tended to lose their shirts setting up - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
Uh, people tended to lose their shirts setting up
So instead we licensed the spectrum to Timex Corporation. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
So instead we licensed the spectrum to Timex Corporation.
If you've been dreaming of a home computer this year, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
If you've been dreaming of a home computer this year,
A state-of-the-art 48 k color home computer at a - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
A state-of-the-art 48 k color home computer at a
The thinking was that Timex had their products in - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:19
The thinking was that Timex had their products in
And when the time came, they wanted to buy us, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
And when the time came, they wanted to buy us,
But on the airplane going over there, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:18
But on the airplane going over there,
That was on the Thursday, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
That was on the Thursday,
And on Friday, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
And on Friday,
And then on Monday the staff came to work as usual, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:17
And then on Monday the staff came to work as usual,
And so they told us, I'm afraid this is the end of the line. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
And so they told us, I'm afraid this is the end of the...
And then did the deal with Amstrad, there - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
And then did the deal with Amstrad, there