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So eventually I went, yeah, okay, that I can afford
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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

So eventually I went, yeah, okay, that I can afford

So eventually I went, yeah, okay, that I can afford

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So eventually I went, yeah, okay, that I can afford.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:08
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 we were all just beginning to get into this whole idea - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
So we were all just beginning to get into this whole idea
I like to talk when I give speeches about what that meant - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:16
I like to talk when I give speeches about what that meant
It was such an enormous leap - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
It was such an enormous leap
But then I show them the eBay logo - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
But then I show them the eBay logo
And so in the space of that eBay logo, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
And so in the space of that eBay logo,
We looked at what everybody else was doing - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
We looked at what everybody else was doing
So we were never stymied by can't be done. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
So we were never stymied by can't be done.
XX 80 and the XX 81 gave rise to that scene - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
XX 80 and the XX 81 gave rise to that scene
So when the ZX 81 was launched, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
So when the ZX 81 was launched,
Um, we knew that sales were going well, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
Um, we knew that sales were going well,
And you have to remember that we'd launched two - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
And you have to remember that we'd launched two
We knew that in 12 months time, the whole world, the market, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
We knew that in 12 months time, the whole world, the market,
So yeah, we were very much heads down - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
So yeah, we were very much heads down
So we knew we had to launch something at the 1982 - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
So we knew we had to launch something at the 1982
We knew that it had to be better for games players - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
We knew that it had to be better for games players
So we decided we needed color, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
So we decided we needed color,
So those were the basic specifications regarding the name. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
So those were the basic specifications regarding the name.
I think probably everybody assumed it would be ZX - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
I think probably everybody assumed it would be ZX
But we quickly realized that we were making a rod - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
But we quickly realized that we were making a rod
So we needed a name that would - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
So we needed a name that would