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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

There's not many early computers that can say the same thing

There's not many early computers that can say the same thing

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There's not many early computers
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that can say the same thing.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
02:01:27
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
And the spectrum has developed over the years as well. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
And the spectrum has developed over the years as well.
We've obviously had the 1 2 8 K models - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
We've obviously had the 1 2 8 K models
So this teenager friend of mine, Victor, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
So this teenager friend of mine, Victor,
And his passion is about keeping old hardware alive. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
And his passion is about keeping old hardware alive.
And, uh, his latest creation was this board - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
And, uh, his latest creation was this board
So you could just buy this board inserted - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
So you could just buy this board inserted
So Victor reached out to me then said, Hey, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
So Victor reached out to me then said, Hey,
Everybody buys it. Do you know someone in the UK - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
Everybody buys it. Do you know someone in the UK
And I thought of it during the call with Victor - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:17
And I thought of it during the call with Victor
And that's the memory that everybody has of it. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
And that's the memory that everybody has of it.
The memories of trying to keep this expansion working - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
The memories of trying to keep this expansion working
They want that thing that you open and the smell - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
They want that thing that you open and the smell
And while we added it, why don't we make the computer - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
And while we added it, why don't we make the computer
And that's how the ZX spectrum next was born, because - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
And that's how the ZX spectrum next was born, because
We worked on it together, mainly driven by Rick, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
We worked on it together, mainly driven by Rick,
Rick was asked to redesign it using new technology, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
Rick was asked to redesign it using new technology,
The colored plugs on the side are a nod - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
The colored plugs on the side are a nod
We could not do that. Could we? Really? It - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
We could not do that. Could we? Really? It
It. It's got the fail of the Sinclair, the brand itself. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
It. It's got the fail of the Sinclair, the brand...
So the ethos behind the ZX spectrum next was that ability - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
So the ethos behind the ZX spectrum next was that ability