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I mean, when Amstrad got 'em
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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

I mean, when Amstrad got 'em, basically any pretense at all that still existed of it being...

I mean, when Amstrad got 'em, basically any pretense at all that still existed of it being an something you could do word documents on or anything outside of games went completely out of the window

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I mean, when Amstrad got 'em,
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basically any pretense at all that still existed
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of it being an something you could do word documents on
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or anything outside
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of games went completely out of the window.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
01:54:27
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
So with that, the spectrum ended up having a life - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
So with that, the spectrum ended up having a life
And obviously growing up in the uk you're only aware - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
And obviously growing up in the uk you're only aware
And it wasn't until years later when I started sort - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
And it wasn't until years later when I started sort
Then you hear of the Scorpion, which is, uh, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
Then you hear of the Scorpion, which is, uh,
And then this other clones - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:18
And then this other clones
And many of them, uh, to put it politely, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
And many of them, uh, to put it politely,
Everything we have here are computers - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
Everything we have here are computers
We have the famous clone made - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
We have the famous clone made
The distributor would install a certain switch to be able - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
The distributor would install a certain switch to be able
We have French spectrums, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:14
We have French spectrums,
We have, uh, machines from Italy, the Anglo Tutor, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:14
We have, uh, machines from Italy, the Anglo Tutor,
It's interesting that a lot - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
It's interesting that a lot
But as time went on and people got uh, sort - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:16
But as time went on and people got uh, sort
But inside the actual machine itself, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
But inside the actual machine itself,
So this actually has 64 K of Ram, which obviously wasn't, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
So this actually has 64 K of Ram, which obviously...
You've even got a built-in, uh, monitor output for RGB, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
You've even got a built-in, uh, monitor output for RGB,
So this is the Dak Tick m it's a Russian clone, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:18
So this is the Dak Tick m it's a Russian clone,
Other than that is a Russian spectrum in any ever sense. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
Other than that is a Russian spectrum in any ever sense.
It's interesting how far these - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
It's interesting how far these
And I mean back at home - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
And I mean back at home