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But this is Sinclair in a nutshell, wasn't he, uh
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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

But this is Sinclair in a nutshell, wasn't he, uh, bringing us to the future early?

But this is Sinclair in a nutshell, wasn't he, uh, bringing us to the future early?

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But this is Sinclair in a nutshell, wasn't he, uh,
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bringing us to the future early?
Duration
7 seconds
Views
72
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:08
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
Because there was this amazing chip - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
Because there was this amazing chip
Clive had a good idea of what was going on with some - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:14
Clive had a good idea of what was going on with some
So his goal had been, well, I'm just gonna make something - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
So his goal had been, well, I'm just gonna make...
I knew what computers were, I didn't understand - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
I knew what computers were, I didn't understand
I knew they could make decisions for you - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
I knew they could make decisions for you
But how it was done wasn't clear to me - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
But how it was done wasn't clear to me
That, that was my moment - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
That, that was my moment
And then discovering - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
And then discovering
So you've got this little display here, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
So you've got this little display here,
And you have these little bubbles - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
And you have these little bubbles
And it's based around this chip here, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
And it's based around this chip here,
And if you wanna program this thing, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
And if you wanna program this thing,
So you were typing in hex codes here for the op codes - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
So you were typing in hex codes here for the op codes
You got involved in the assembly process - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
You got involved in the assembly process
MK 14 was a, uh, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
MK 14 was a, uh,
What you without face, you look so young. Yeah, 1969. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
What you without face, you look so young. Yeah, 1969.
So I was like 1110 in 79 - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
So I was like 1110 in 79
And what you've gotta remember is this was completely new. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
And what you've gotta remember is this was completely...
I sort of envy my kids 'cause of their youth - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:13
I sort of envy my kids 'cause of their youth
But I wouldn't change it for what we had, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
But I wouldn't change it for what we had,