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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

To me it just made it possible for me to get into computing probably four years, five...

To me it just made it possible for me to get into computing probably four years, five years before I might otherwise have been able to afford it

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To me it just made it possible for me
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to get into computing probably four years,
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five years before I might
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otherwise have been able to afford it.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:20
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 cheap, it was color and my brother liked it as well. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
It was cheap, it was color and my brother liked it as well.
So did I like the design? Yeah, great. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
So did I like the design? Yeah, great.
But I think the first thing I did was open it up. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
But I think the first thing I did was open it up.
I had probably in all honesty, more interested in - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
I had probably in all honesty, more interested in
Like, um, into hardware. The - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:16
Like, um, into hardware. The
I mean, at that time when the leaflet was doing the rounds, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
I mean, at that time when the leaflet was doing the rounds,
So for me it was really, this is an arcade capable machine - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:17
So for me it was really, this is an arcade capable machine
The spectrum was incredibly important - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
The spectrum was incredibly important
And here we had this product in either 16 K form - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
And here we had this product in either 16 K form
So we had for the first time in the spectrum, uh, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
So we had for the first time in the spectrum, uh,
And what most - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
And what most
So the ZX spectrum became the doan - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
So the ZX spectrum became the doan
And it was the games playing - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
And it was the games playing
The spectrum was there at the time when it was affordable - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
The spectrum was there at the time when it was affordable
And I think that was the opening for many, many kids - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
And I think that was the opening for many, many kids
And it meant because of the limitations of of the spectrum. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
And it meant because of the limitations of of the spectrum.
For an aspiring games developer for, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
For an aspiring games developer for,
The spectrum was ideal. You go to a shop, you pick it up, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
The spectrum was ideal. You go to a shop, you pick it up,
The notion that this screen would do things - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
The notion that this screen would do things
I just became absolutely fascinated by the whole thing. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
I just became absolutely fascinated by the whole thing.