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The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

We could have gone for hardware sprites, the chips were available, we could have put...

We could have gone for hardware sprites, the chips were available, we could have put special chips and additional memory in so that we could have multicolored sprites, moving invisibly across a background without any degradation of color

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We could have gone for hardware sprites,
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the chips were available, we could have put special chips
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and additional memory in so
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that we could have multicolored sprites,
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moving invisibly across a background without
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any degradation of color.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
38
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:18
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
We could have gone for something that approximates - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
We could have gone for something that approximates
Think of the additional chips that would be needed - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
Think of the additional chips that would be needed
So it used cassette tapes for storing programs - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
So it used cassette tapes for storing programs
You had headers so that the programs had names - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
You had headers so that the programs had names
And when you're loading from Tate, there are lots - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
And when you're loading from Tate, there are lots
And the spectrum we found, if you fed that through - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
And the spectrum we found, if you fed that through
This was all about getting into the hands of people - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:10
This was all about getting into the hands of people
Our object is to find people's real needs - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:09
Our object is to find people's real needs
And to do that at a price that they can afford to do - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
And to do that at a price that they can afford to do
And I have to say I was blown away by the popularity. - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
And I have to say I was blown away by the popularity.
Clive had offered that first thousand people - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:08
Clive had offered that first thousand people
But it wasn't just the volume of interest, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
But it wasn't just the volume of interest,
They enthused about the Zuck - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:05
They enthused about the Zuck
But what amazed us was they knew - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
But what amazed us was they knew
It had been a secret the day before, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:06
It had been a secret the day before,
The release of the spectrum changed the nature - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:13
The release of the spectrum changed the nature
But with the spectrum, all of a sudden you had kind - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:07
But with the spectrum, all of a sudden you had kind
The look of the spectrum really was driven by necessity - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:11
The look of the spectrum really was driven by necessity
So the Commodore 64, which did look like a proper computer, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:13
So the Commodore 64, which did look like a proper computer,
And I think as a result of this necessity, they actually, - The Rubber-Keyed Wonder 00:14
And I think as a result of this necessity, they actually,