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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

Products were competing on the specification and that's a good way to, to bring it up to...

Products were competing on the specification and that's a good way to, to bring it up to date was to, to advertise a spectrum 1, 2, 8

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Products were competing on the specification
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and that's a good way to, to bring it up to date was to,
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to advertise a spectrum 1, 2, 8.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:48:21
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 I probably said, look, I can do that. That's no trouble. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
So I probably said, look, I can do that. That's no...
One of the weaknesses of the spectrum was it didn't have a - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:20
One of the weaknesses of the spectrum was it didn't...
Now the benefit of the 1 2 8 k is you got the advanced - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:13
Now the benefit of the 1 2 8 k is you got the advanced
And we wanted to tie that chip in with the basics so - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
And we wanted to tie that chip in with the basics so
And so synthesizing music was a great appeal to me. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
And so synthesizing music was a great appeal to me.
So the music was infinitely better - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
So the music was infinitely better
Of course you got an extra 80 k of memory, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
Of course you got an extra 80 k of memory,
It was just a nice step up before the 16 bit days. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
It was just a nice step up before the 16 bit days.
Having an expansion from the 48 K to the 1 28 K spectrum - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
Having an expansion from the 48 K to the 1 28 K spectrum
And it just so happened that along the way - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:15
And it just so happened that along the way
So the Spanish speaking world got the 1 2 8 K, whereas - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:13
So the Spanish speaking world got the 1 2 8 K, whereas
The fallout from this was, which you could kind - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:13
The fallout from this was, which you could kind
All of a sudden we are like, oh mum, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
All of a sudden we are like, oh mum,
And they're like, you've just been given this one, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
And they're like, you've just been given this one,
So as a result, sales - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
So as a result, sales
When the UK in particular, which was a bit of a shame, I - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:24
When the UK in particular, which was a bit of a shame, I
We had a massive job, we had 18 million - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:20
We had a massive job, we had 18 million
And one of the cleverer things we'd done is we hadn't tried - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
And one of the cleverer things we'd done is we...
Uh, people tended to lose their shirts setting up - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
Uh, people tended to lose their shirts setting up
So instead we licensed the spectrum to Timex Corporation. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
So instead we licensed the spectrum to Timex Corporation.