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And we wanted to tie that chip in with the basics so
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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

And we wanted to tie that chip in with the basics so that people could type in commands...

And we wanted to tie that chip in with the basics so that people could type in commands that would control that chip

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And we wanted to tie that chip in with the basics so
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that people could type in commands
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that would control that chip.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
01:49:06
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
And so synthesizing music was a great appeal to me. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
And so synthesizing music was a great appeal to me.
So the music was infinitely better - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
So the music was infinitely better
Of course you got an extra 80 k of memory, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
Of course you got an extra 80 k of memory,
It was just a nice step up before the 16 bit days. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
It was just a nice step up before the 16 bit days.
Having an expansion from the 48 K to the 1 28 K spectrum - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
Having an expansion from the 48 K to the 1 28 K spectrum
And it just so happened that along the way - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:15
And it just so happened that along the way
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,