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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

That was when cl thinking about doing computers quite early on in the seventies, he...

That was when cl thinking about doing computers quite early on in the seventies, he decided if he was gonna do something, the next big thing it needs to be on, on a completely another level being the XX 80

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That was when cl thinking about doing computers quite early
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on in the seventies, he decided if he was gonna do
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something, the next big thing it needs to be on,
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on a completely another level being the XX 80.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:09
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 the Mark 14 I think was a sort of almost stopgap product - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
So the Mark 14 I think was a sort of almost stopgap product
And there was a couple of other products around at - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
And there was a couple of other products around at
But really what client had been planning for years is - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
But really what client had been planning for years is
So back in the middle of the seventies, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
So back in the middle of the seventies,
Clive Sinclair realized he could, uh, try to, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
Clive Sinclair realized he could, uh, try to,
Well, it was a new market which was dominated - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:13
Well, it was a new market which was dominated
It seemed to me that the prices then being charged were such - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:13
It seemed to me that the prices then being charged were such
So I set about seeing if there was some way - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
So I set about seeing if there was some way
Let me tell you about the most exciting ad - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:15
Let me tell you about the most exciting ad
And it was just like suddenly there was something that was - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
And it was just like suddenly there was something that was
And as it happened, you know, it was a full six months - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
And as it happened, you know, it was a full six months
But this is Sinclair in a nutshell, wasn't he, uh, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
But this is Sinclair in a nutshell, wasn't he, uh,
Because there was this amazing chip - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
Because there was this amazing chip
Clive had a good idea of what was going on with some - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:14
Clive had a good idea of what was going on with some
So his goal had been, well, I'm just gonna make something - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
So his goal had been, well, I'm just gonna make...
I knew what computers were, I didn't understand - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
I knew what computers were, I didn't understand
I knew they could make decisions for you - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
I knew they could make decisions for you
But how it was done wasn't clear to me - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
But how it was done wasn't clear to me
That, that was my moment - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
That, that was my moment
And then discovering - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
And then discovering