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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

But clearly it was an improvement over the 80 and the 81 of course it got famously...

But clearly it was an improvement over the 80 and the 81 of course it got famously described in one early review as having all the feel of dead human flesh

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But clearly it was an improvement over the 80
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and the 81 of course it got famously
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described in one early review as having all the feel
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of dead human flesh.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:54
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
I'm one of those that loved the - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
I'm one of those that loved the
So I don't refer to it as the dead flash experience. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
So I don't refer to it as the dead flash experience.
So even if it was not perfect, you don't remember that - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
So even if it was not perfect, you don't remember that
I found the tactile sense of them really nice, kind - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
I found the tactile sense of them really nice, kind
But obviously Clive Sinclair's little shortcut keys - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
But obviously Clive Sinclair's little shortcut keys
Um, most of them had trouble loading games - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
Um, most of them had trouble loading games
And when that one went, you were in trouble - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
And when that one went, you were in trouble
So those were the keys that went first. So - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
So those were the keys that went first. So
But at the same time it was a really nice - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
But at the same time it was a really nice
I think the spectrum as a piece of design, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
I think the spectrum as a piece of design,
You see a 48 K ZX spectrum, you immediately know what it is. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
You see a 48 K ZX spectrum, you immediately know what it is.
In fact with all the different spectrum models, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
In fact with all the different spectrum models,
The beige kind of dominant aesthetic of computing it is - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
The beige kind of dominant aesthetic of computing it is
There were so many computer companies in the UK - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
There were so many computer companies in the UK
The Acorn electron obviously had supply problems - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
The Acorn electron obviously had supply problems
BBC Micro was great machine but incredibly expensive - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
BBC Micro was great machine but incredibly expensive
So the spectrum just had a clear path, I think, to the home - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
So the spectrum just had a clear path, I think, to the home
By that time we'd missed out on the BBC contract. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
By that time we'd missed out on the BBC contract.
Acorn had got it with - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
Acorn had got it with
The government hopes to have a computer in every secondary - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
The government hopes to have a computer in every secondary