The Archimedes

1987 · 32-Bit RISC Desktop Computer · Work 999 of 1,871

A small study in a semi-detached house in England on a frosty December morning, on a dark wooden desk a new computer, a flat broad cream-beige box thirty-five centimetres wide and ten centimetres tall with a smooth lid and a finely ribbed front, at its right a narrow disk slot and a small eject button, on top a cream colour monitor showing calm rectangles of grey, blue and pale yellow, in front a long cream keyboard with a row of red keys, every key plain smooth and unmarked, a hand in a navy wool sleeve on a small grey three-button mouse, white polystyrene packing blocks on the carpet, frost on the window.