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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

We had a, what we called a little beeper, ingenious programmers could develop square waves...

We had a, what we called a little beeper, ingenious programmers could develop square waves to drive it and create something that approximated to different tones of music

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We had a, what we called a little beeper,
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ingenious programmers could develop square waves to drive it
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and create something that approximated
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to different tones of music.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
01:00:47
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
Well all you can do with a spectrum is um, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:16
Well all you can do with a spectrum is um,
You could maybe do a tiny little bit of a beep - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
You could maybe do a tiny little bit of a beep
So it draws a frame of graphics, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
So it draws a frame of graphics,
I'm often asked whether I can make music as well - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
I'm often asked whether I can make music as well
Someone else supplied the music for Saboto - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
Someone else supplied the music for Saboto
When you kick someone, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
When you kick someone,
Now bear in mind that sound continues continuously, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
Now bear in mind that sound continues continuously,
So on the spectrum, any music I played, I had - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
So on the spectrum, any music I played, I had
So at each intra, which occur 50 times a second, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:12
So at each intra, which occur 50 times a second,
So there's this distinct 50 hertz hum - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
So there's this distinct 50 hertz hum
Every 50th of a second, which rung - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:17
Every 50th of a second, which rung
And the 80 meant - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
And the 80 meant
And that took off like wildfire - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
And that took off like wildfire
He hadn't set out to develop a machine - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
He hadn't set out to develop a machine
He acknowledged that that's what they did do with it. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
He acknowledged that that's what they did do with it.
And that drove sales and that was all well and good, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
And that drove sales and that was all well and good,
So I think for a lot of people, their first experience - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
So I think for a lot of people, their first experience
You've got explosions, grabs, loads of colors, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
You've got explosions, grabs, loads of colors,
Growing up in the early eighties, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
Growing up in the early eighties,
You'd go to the arcades, it would just be rows - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
You'd go to the arcades, it would just be rows