'It's been a hobby of my life,' said the owner of the retro computer collection that was hit by a Russian attack in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
Kids play on retro computers in the IT 8-bit museum in Mariupol, Ukraine before it was attacked.
Cherepanov knows the small building housing the museum was bombed, like many other structures in the city, sometime after March 15. He believes that any machines that weren't destroyed by the blast were likely taken, given the desperate circumstances in the city now.In the days before he and his family fled the city, Cherepanov remembers shifting into survival mode as the city was under siege.
He learned later from a neighbor that his home sustained damage after five bombs were dropped in their yard.Cherepanov cannot hide the joy that computers bring to his life. The collection started in a single room, but eventually expanded"when it stopped fitting in my house," he remembered. The basement of the building where Cherepanov worked as an IT programmer was transformed into a museum with rows of computers lining the walls. People could even play games on some of the machines."All of them are dear to me," he said.Many of the machines are ZX Spectrums, an 8-bit personal computer that was common in former Soviet nations.
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