1986 · Magazine Self-Build Computer · Work 998 of 1,871
The kitchen of a flat in Leningrad on a white night in June, on a blue oilcloth a home-built computer just finished, a flat keyboard in grey-blue hammer-finish lacquer with small slotted screws at its corners, black keys and a few red keys, every key plain smooth and unmarked, a small toggle switch and two tiny green lamps, a grey ribbon cable to an open home-made aluminium box with a green circuit board, a small black-and-white television glowing soft grey-green, a soldering iron on a stand, a glass of tea in a plain metal holder, a hand in a striped sleeve pressing a red key, the open window bright with pale sky.