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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

We had a massive job, we had 18 million and the creditors who included Barclays, our...

We had a massive job, we had 18 million and the creditors who included Barclays, our bankers and our distributors and so on, gave us a year to find a, a solution for the company and to achieve a, a reduction of the debt

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We had a massive job, we had 18 million
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and the creditors who included Barclays, our bankers
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and our distributors
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and so on, gave us a year to find a,
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a solution for the company
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and to achieve a, a reduction of the debt.
Duration
20 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
01:50:58
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 one of the cleverer things we'd done is we hadn't tried - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
And one of the cleverer things we'd done is we...
Uh, people tended to lose their shirts setting up - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
Uh, people tended to lose their shirts setting up
So instead we licensed the spectrum to Timex Corporation. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
So instead we licensed the spectrum to Timex Corporation.
If you've been dreaming of a home computer this year, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
If you've been dreaming of a home computer this year,
A state-of-the-art 48 k color home computer at a - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
A state-of-the-art 48 k color home computer at a
The thinking was that Timex had their products in - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:19
The thinking was that Timex had their products in
And when the time came, they wanted to buy us, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
And when the time came, they wanted to buy us,
But on the airplane going over there, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:18
But on the airplane going over there,
That was on the Thursday, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
That was on the Thursday,
And on Friday, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
And on Friday,
And then on Monday the staff came to work as usual, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:17
And then on Monday the staff came to work as usual,
And so they told us, I'm afraid this is the end of the line. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
And so they told us, I'm afraid this is the end of the...
And then did the deal with Amstrad, there - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
And then did the deal with Amstrad, there
Uh, well I always feel sad in this, this situation, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
Uh, well I always feel sad in this, this situation,
Clive and Alan Sugar could not have been more different, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
Clive and Alan Sugar could not have been more different,
Whereas although Sugar wasn't technically in Clive's League, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
Whereas although Sugar wasn't technically in...
It gives us a, uh, a new brand name, uh, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
It gives us a, uh, a new brand name, uh,
Uh, Sinclair, uh, has always been recognized, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
Uh, Sinclair, uh, has always been recognized,
This here is the ZX spectrum plus two, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
This here is the ZX spectrum plus two,
It's got a proper keyboard, got a builtin tape deck, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
It's got a proper keyboard, got a builtin tape deck,