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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

Clive came up with a much more scientific technological sounding name of spectrum and of...

Clive came up with a much more scientific technological sounding name of spectrum and of course that's the one that stuck. But The other thing you need to understand about Clive was that he was fiercely, fiercely patriotic

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Clive came up with a much more scientific technological
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sounding name of spectrum
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and of course that's the one that stuck. But
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The other thing you need to understand about Clive was
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that he was fiercely, fiercely patriotic.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:19
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
He would do anything he could not - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
He would do anything he could not
And he would try to buy - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:16
And he would try to buy
You know, they were selling their ULA in in volumes - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
You know, they were selling their ULA in in volumes
And they were determined to bend over backwards - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
And they were determined to bend over backwards
He wanted to do something for high technology in Britain. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
He wanted to do something for high technology in Britain.
He wanted manufacturing to be done in Scotland, which it was - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
He wanted manufacturing to be done in Scotland, which it was
It was only with reluctance - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
It was only with reluctance
The spectrum compared - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
The spectrum compared
So that needed different hardware, it needed extra software - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
So that needed different hardware, it needed extra software
So that meant - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
So that meant
So one of the reasons that we decided - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
So one of the reasons that we decided
Human vision can resolve - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
Human vision can resolve
And the PAL TV system took advantage of that so that the, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
And the PAL TV system took advantage of that so that the,
And we also knew at that time that the Oracle - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
And we also knew at that time that the Oracle
They set color per character, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
They set color per character,
So that was the background - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
So that was the background
The spectrum was made by some, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
The spectrum was made by some,
It was, um, what would give our features in a minimal sort - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
It was, um, what would give our features in a minimal sort
We could have gone for hardware sprites, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:14
We could have gone for hardware sprites,
We could have gone for something that approximates - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
We could have gone for something that approximates