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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

There's a problem they fixed quite soon, but it caused major issues for the business

There's a problem they fixed quite soon, but it caused major issues for the business

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There's a problem they fixed quite soon,
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but it caused major issues for the business.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:07
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
A design modification was made, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
A design modification was made,
And this made it very, very difficult to assemble - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
And this made it very, very difficult to assemble
But again, when sold in kit form, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
But again, when sold in kit form,
It was a story where somebody sent back a black watch - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:23
It was a story where somebody sent back a black watch
If it was too easy to put together, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
If it was too easy to put together,
So the actual people were sort - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
So the actual people were sort
That was when cl thinking about doing computers quite early - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
That was when cl thinking about doing computers quite early
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