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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

But as a hobbyist, you could explore, you could play around, you could take some of the...

But as a hobbyist, you could explore, you could play around, you could take some of the very early computing magazines and with their endless long forever pages of listings, you would type 'em, they'd never work

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But as a hobbyist, you could explore, you could play around,
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you could take some of the very early computing magazines
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and with their endless long forever pages of listings,
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you would type 'em, they'd never work.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:54:04
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
But if you were inquisitive enough, you started playing - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
But if you were inquisitive enough, you started playing
And eventually slowly, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
And eventually slowly,
But, you know, that was, that was my genesis of, of gaming. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
But, you know, that was, that was my genesis of, of gaming.
You'd type it in, then you'd suddenly figure out, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
You'd type it in, then you'd suddenly figure out,
Missed out a piece of punctuation - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
Missed out a piece of punctuation
And so it literally was something that had - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
And so it literally was something that had
You know, you sat in front of a TV - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
You know, you sat in front of a TV
But the, but the ability to really kind of turn - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
But the, but the ability to really kind of turn
Arthur C. Clarke has this great quote about - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
Arthur C. Clarke has this great quote about
And at that time when we were doing those basic programs - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
And at that time when we were doing those basic programs
And so it really did feel like a form - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
And so it really did feel like a form
I think - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:17
I think
And this stage of product lifecycle - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
And this stage of product lifecycle
And when he was targeting those people, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
And when he was targeting those people,
Developing gamers on the Sinclair spectrum in the early - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
Developing gamers on the Sinclair spectrum in the early
I has a 48 K spectrum with dual ZX micro drives - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
I has a 48 K spectrum with dual ZX micro drives
Yeah, these little micro drive cassettes which had this - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
Yeah, these little micro drive cassettes which had this
It had the right capacity, it had the right speed, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:13
It had the right capacity, it had the right speed,
It's actually surprising how reliable they were, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
It's actually surprising how reliable they were,
The carts he put in, either you got a, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
The carts he put in, either you got a,