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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

It was also such a neat little package and people fell in love with its personality and...

It was also such a neat little package and people fell in love with its personality and its rubber keys, but also that it drove creativity

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It was also such a neat little package
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and people fell in love with its personality
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and its rubber keys, but also that it drove creativity.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
42
Timestamp in Movie
02:06:44
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
And if you spoke this language, which I never did, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
And if you spoke this language, which I never did,
It must have felt like the thrill I got from playing a game - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
It must have felt like the thrill I got from playing a game
Imagine if you discovered a whole new language - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
Imagine if you discovered a whole new language
I think there's so much love for the spectrum today - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
I think there's so much love for the spectrum today
I mean that rainbow stripe on the bottom right, might - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
I mean that rainbow stripe on the bottom right, might
It's so British and so uniquely us. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
It's so British and so uniquely us.
And it was made by a bloke from Cambridge - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
And it was made by a bloke from Cambridge
Show me an experience like that from another country. Well, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
Show me an experience like that from another country. Well,
The fact that it was assembled in Dundee, like, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
The fact that it was assembled in Dundee, like,
And I don't think there was so much fanfare about him being - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:13
And I don't think there was so much fanfare about him...
I think of him as a boffin who understood - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:14
I think of him as a boffin who understood
So although he was pilloried a lot for his eccentricity, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:23
So although he was pilloried a lot for his eccentricity,
Rick was very generous with praise where it was warranted, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
Rick was very generous with praise where it was warranted,
From his perspective, he owed his first step up a ladder - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
From his perspective, he owed his first step up a ladder
He was very protective of Clive - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
He was very protective of Clive
Clive was an innovator. You need these people. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
Clive was an innovator. You need these people.
They're the engines of industry people that are prepared - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
They're the engines of industry people that are...
And Clive Sinclair, from Rick's perspective, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
And Clive Sinclair, from Rick's perspective,
It's the middle of the sun is shining - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
It's the middle of the sun is shining
Another Wednesday, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
Another Wednesday,