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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

The spectrum compared with the ZX 81 right from the off it was going to be color for games

The spectrum compared with the ZX 81 right from the off it was going to be color for games

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The spectrum compared
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with the ZX 81 right from the off it was going
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to be color for games.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:36
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 that needed different hardware, it needed extra software - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
So that needed different hardware, it needed extra software
So that meant - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
So that meant
So one of the reasons that we decided - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
So one of the reasons that we decided
Human vision can resolve - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
Human vision can resolve
And the PAL TV system took advantage of that so that the, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
And the PAL TV system took advantage of that so that the,
And we also knew at that time that the Oracle - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
And we also knew at that time that the Oracle
They set color per character, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
They set color per character,
So that was the background - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
So that was the background
The spectrum was made by some, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
The spectrum was made by some,
It was, um, what would give our features in a minimal sort - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
It was, um, what would give our features in a minimal sort
We could have gone for hardware sprites, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:14
We could have gone for hardware sprites,
We could have gone for something that approximates - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
We could have gone for something that approximates
Think of the additional chips that would be needed - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
Think of the additional chips that would be needed
So it used cassette tapes for storing programs - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
So it used cassette tapes for storing programs
You had headers so that the programs had names - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
You had headers so that the programs had names
And when you're loading from Tate, there are lots - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
And when you're loading from Tate, there are lots
And the spectrum we found, if you fed that through - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
And the spectrum we found, if you fed that through
This was all about getting into the hands of people - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
This was all about getting into the hands of people
Our object is to find people's real needs - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
Our object is to find people's real needs
And to do that at a price that they can afford to do - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
And to do that at a price that they can afford to do