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It did become obvious to me that software was so important
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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

It did become obvious to me that software was so important to the spectrum that we...

It did become obvious to me that software was so important to the spectrum that we shouldn't just leave it up to other people

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It did become obvious to me that software was so important
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to the spectrum
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that we shouldn't just leave it up to other people.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
01:35:13
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 I hired someone - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
And I hired someone
It was one of the few times that I dug my heels in - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
It was one of the few times that I dug my heels in
Well, it was at he's flat - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
Well, it was at he's flat
He doesn't say anything who have to start going, gab, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
He doesn't say anything who have to start going, gab,
He then offered me a cup of coffee - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
He then offered me a cup of coffee
And I sort of stood in the kitchen - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:16
And I sort of stood in the kitchen
And uh, we sat there and I said, it's lovely room. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
And uh, we sat there and I said, it's lovely room.
He said, and then - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
He said, and then
And he said, no, it was peripheral. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
And he said, no, it was peripheral.
What he was interested in was the hardware and lab - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
What he was interested in was the hardware and lab
Almost every time the subject of software came up, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:14
Almost every time the subject of software came up,
It was not our core mission to sell software - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
It was not our core mission to sell software
So I'd say that he accepted the software - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
So I'd say that he accepted the software
But it wasn't what he'd had in mind when he developed the - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:13
But it wasn't what he'd had in mind when he...
I didn't get an induction. I ended up next - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
I didn't get an induction. I ended up next
And there was a pile - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
And there was a pile
And there was no way of knowing - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
And there was no way of knowing
And then I thought, I better get some of the users - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
And then I thought, I better get some of the users
Then I set off to the local sixth form colleges - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
Then I set off to the local sixth form colleges
And they each did about 15 cassettes a week. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
And they each did about 15 cassettes a week.