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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

And that was quite something because obviously Alan Sugar did his own range of stacking...

And that was quite something because obviously Alan Sugar did his own range of stacking Hi-Fi, and then obviously Amstrad became a competitor against Sinclair

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And that was quite something
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because obviously Alan Sugar did his own range
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of stacking Hi-Fi,
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and then obviously Amstrad
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became a competitor against Sinclair.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:29
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
Later on, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
Later on,
Clive always read an enormous amount of technical journals - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:14
Clive always read an enormous amount of technical journals
All the technical stuff. He would read the the literature - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
All the technical stuff. He would read the the literature
But his bookcase at home was heaving with techie stuff. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
But his bookcase at home was heaving with techie stuff.
I know when he designed the square eel, which was one of the - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:15
I know when he designed the square eel, which was one of the
And, you know, he could read that style of book like a novel - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:14
And, you know, he could read that style of book like a novel
The executive calculator builders the world's slimmest - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
The executive calculator builders the world's slimmest
It's a really, really nice design - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
It's a really, really nice design
And it sold incredibly well - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
And it sold incredibly well
It was very interesting because they had to turn it on - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:15
It was very interesting because they had to turn it on
So these things were quite big - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:13
So these things were quite big
I think that if you had told Clive - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:16
I think that if you had told Clive
He'd had a small TV previously in the late sixties - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
He'd had a small TV previously in the late sixties
He had ideas about semiconductors, about televisions, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
He had ideas about semiconductors, about televisions,
So Clive was thinking about those things years, years ahead - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:19
So Clive was thinking about those things years, years ahead
This is the newest way to tell the time - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
This is the newest way to tell the time
Its electronic, its moving parts digital - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
Its electronic, its moving parts digital
So you are sure that time is right. In - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
So you are sure that time is right. In
One of the suppliers pulled out, uh, which caused lots - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
One of the suppliers pulled out, uh, which caused lots
Very unfortunate for Sinclair - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
Very unfortunate for Sinclair