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It was very interesting because they had to turn it on
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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

It was very interesting because they had to turn it on and off with a certain frequency...

It was very interesting because they had to turn it on and off with a certain frequency and that would allow you to use it just operating from batteries and not, uh, power supply. You Were talking about calculators that sat on your desk plugged into the mains

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It was very interesting because they had to turn it on
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and off with a certain frequency
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and that would allow you
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to use it just operating from batteries
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and not, uh, power supply. You
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Were talking about calculators that sat on your desk
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plugged into the mains.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
38
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:56
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 these things were quite big - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:13
So these things were quite big
I think that if you had told Clive - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:16
I think that if you had told Clive
He'd had a small TV previously in the late sixties - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
He'd had a small TV previously in the late sixties
He had ideas about semiconductors, about televisions, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
He had ideas about semiconductors, about televisions,
So Clive was thinking about those things years, years ahead - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:19
So Clive was thinking about those things years, years ahead
This is the newest way to tell the time - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
This is the newest way to tell the time
Its electronic, its moving parts digital - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
Its electronic, its moving parts digital
So you are sure that time is right. In - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
So you are sure that time is right. In
One of the suppliers pulled out, uh, which caused lots - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
One of the suppliers pulled out, uh, which caused lots
Very unfortunate for Sinclair - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
Very unfortunate for Sinclair
The black watch very easily got zapped - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
The black watch very easily got zapped
So if you had too much nylon in your carpet, your watch - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
So if you had too much nylon in your carpet, your watch
I think even getting too close to a television - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
I think even getting too close to a television
There's a problem they fixed quite soon, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
There's a problem they fixed quite soon,
A design modification was made, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
A design modification was made,
And this made it very, very difficult to assemble - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
And this made it very, very difficult to assemble
But again, when sold in kit form, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
But again, when sold in kit form,
It was a story where somebody sent back a black watch - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:23
It was a story where somebody sent back a black watch
If it was too easy to put together, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
If it was too easy to put together,
So the actual people were sort - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
So the actual people were sort