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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

So what really interested him was to come up with something really low price point and...

So what really interested him was to come up with something really low price point and with really clever engineering

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So what really interested him was to come up
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with something really low price point
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and with really clever engineering.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:00:54
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
Clive Sinclair we knew about - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
Clive Sinclair we knew about
You knew who he was, some great British inventor, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
You knew who he was, some great British inventor,
People wanted to know what was he gonna say, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
People wanted to know what was he gonna say,
And by attracting - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
And by attracting
Clive started in journalism, so he would write - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
Clive started in journalism, so he would write
And one of the first products he did - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
And one of the first products he did
That was like 1958, which was a predecessor - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
That was like 1958, which was a predecessor
It was a matchbox size radio - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
It was a matchbox size radio
But, um, this product was hugely successful by mail order. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
But, um, this product was hugely successful by mail order.
PLA always had a very strong preference for mail order. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
PLA always had a very strong preference for mail order.
There isn't a lot of inventory sitting out there, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
There isn't a lot of inventory sitting out there,
Part of the reason why this was so low cost was - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
Part of the reason why this was so low cost was
So he'd buy these transistors for next to nothing, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:13
So he'd buy these transistors for next to nothing,
I think the strategy was to make things were small, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:13
I think the strategy was to make things were small,
So you had to make them - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
So you had to make them
So if you wanted to build a set a PA system in the, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
So if you wanted to build a set a PA system in the,
And one of his early customers, in fact was Alan Sugar. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
And one of his early customers, in fact was Alan Sugar.
So Alan Sugar used to turn up at the Sinclair office, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
So Alan Sugar used to turn up at the Sinclair office,
And that was quite something - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
And that was quite something
Later on, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
Later on,