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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

It had been a secret the day before, but they'd absorbed everything and they were...

It had been a secret the day before, but they'd absorbed everything and they were interested in it

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It had been a secret the day before,
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but they'd absorbed everything
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and they were interested in it.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:30
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
The release of the spectrum changed the nature - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:13
The release of the spectrum changed the nature
But with the spectrum, all of a sudden you had kind - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
But with the spectrum, all of a sudden you had kind
The look of the spectrum really was driven by necessity - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
The look of the spectrum really was driven by necessity
So the Commodore 64, which did look like a proper computer, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:13
So the Commodore 64, which did look like a proper computer,
And I think as a result of this necessity, they actually, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:14
And I think as a result of this necessity, they actually,
I remember just being really struck - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
I remember just being really struck
I've always loved things that look like the future, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:15
I've always loved things that look like the future,
So the ZX spectrum for me was a revelation - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
So the ZX spectrum for me was a revelation
I sort of never understood what that was for, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
I sort of never understood what that was for,
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,