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I sort of never understood what that was for
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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

I sort of never understood what that was for, but I presumed it was because then the games...

I sort of never understood what that was for, but I presumed it was because then the games would be in color, you know, and the buttons just felt nice

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I sort of never understood what that was for,
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but I presumed it was
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because then the games would be in color, you know,
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and the buttons just felt nice.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:35:58
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
Five worried a great deal about how things looked. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
Five worried a great deal about how things looked.
The external appearance was always - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
The external appearance was always
Rick Dickenson that came on to design most - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
Rick Dickenson that came on to design most
What, uh, Kai wanted, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:13
What, uh, Kai wanted,
I relate to him because of his talent for product design. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
I relate to him because of his talent for product design.
The product design that he brought - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:14
The product design that he brought
The more I look at this, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
The more I look at this,
I mean the, the, the atmosphere, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
I mean the, the, the atmosphere,
Ano style bookshelf over there full - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
Ano style bookshelf over there full
Little white MFI computer desk here - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
Little white MFI computer desk here
And then this little thing here like that I can, yeah, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
And then this little thing here like that I can, yeah,
That's where Sir Clive Sinclair's understanding of form - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
That's where Sir Clive Sinclair's understanding of...
There is something in our genes that, uh, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
There is something in our genes that, uh,
That must be one of the most iconic - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
That must be one of the most iconic
And it is, isn't it? I mean in terms of its impact, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
And it is, isn't it? I mean in terms of its impact,
I think it's a timeless design, what the spectrum gave us. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
I think it's a timeless design, what the spectrum gave...
So I think the work of Rick Dickinson - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
So I think the work of Rick Dickinson
The famous rainbow in this colored text here, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
The famous rainbow in this colored text here,
The rainbow stripe on the bottom right, it's a thing - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
The rainbow stripe on the bottom right, it's a thing
And the Sinclair logo itself, the font get out of town. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
And the Sinclair logo itself, the font get out of town.