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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

So I think the work of Rick Dickinson and his team was amazing from a cosmetic point of...

So I think the work of Rick Dickinson and his team was amazing from a cosmetic point of view, it's A balanced, subtle approach

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So I think the work of Rick Dickinson
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and his team was amazing from a cosmetic point of view, it's
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A balanced, subtle approach.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:58
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 famous rainbow in this colored text here, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
The famous rainbow in this colored text here,
The rainbow stripe on the bottom right, it's a thing - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
The rainbow stripe on the bottom right, it's a thing
And the Sinclair logo itself, the font get out of town. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
And the Sinclair logo itself, the font get out of town.
It was obviously decided for the next iteration, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
It was obviously decided for the next iteration,
And that tactile feedback comes in the form - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
And that tactile feedback comes in the form
And then you've got that popping, that tactile feedback - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
And then you've got that popping, that tactile feedback
But clearly it was an improvement over the 80 - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:15
But clearly it was an improvement over the 80
I'm one of those that loved the - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
I'm one of those that loved the
So I don't refer to it as the dead flash experience. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
So I don't refer to it as the dead flash experience.
So even if it was not perfect, you don't remember that - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
So even if it was not perfect, you don't remember that
I found the tactile sense of them really nice, kind - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
I found the tactile sense of them really nice, kind
But obviously Clive Sinclair's little shortcut keys - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
But obviously Clive Sinclair's little shortcut keys
Um, most of them had trouble loading games - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
Um, most of them had trouble loading games
And when that one went, you were in trouble - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
And when that one went, you were in trouble
So those were the keys that went first. So - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
So those were the keys that went first. So
But at the same time it was a really nice - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
But at the same time it was a really nice
I think the spectrum as a piece of design, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
I think the spectrum as a piece of design,
You see a 48 K ZX spectrum, you immediately know what it is. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
You see a 48 K ZX spectrum, you immediately know what it is.
In fact with all the different spectrum models, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
In fact with all the different spectrum models,
The beige kind of dominant aesthetic of computing it is - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
The beige kind of dominant aesthetic of computing it is