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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

That was like 1958, which was a predecessor to the Micro Matic, but it was a similar thing

That was like 1958, which was a predecessor to the Micro Matic, but it was a similar thing

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That was like 1958, which was a predecessor
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to the Micro Matic, but it was a similar thing.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:02
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
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,
Clive always read an enormous amount of technical journals - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:14
Clive always read an enormous amount of technical journals
All the technical stuff. He would read the the literature - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
All the technical stuff. He would read the the literature
But his bookcase at home was heaving with techie stuff. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
But his bookcase at home was heaving with techie stuff.
I know when he designed the square eel, which was one of the - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:15
I know when he designed the square eel, which was one of the
And, you know, he could read that style of book like a novel - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:14
And, you know, he could read that style of book like a novel
The executive calculator builders the world's slimmest - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
The executive calculator builders the world's slimmest
It's a really, really nice design - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
It's a really, really nice design