By Tim Ferguson, 29 September 2009 15:29
This is the Lyons Electronic Office - LEOII/3 electronic programmable storage computer which was first demonstrated in 1958.
Just 13 of the Leo II devices were built and it was one of the first commercially sold computers, used by the Ford Motor Company among others.
The device is part of Michael Bennett-Levy's private collection of early technology being auctioned at Bonhams in London this week and is expected to fetch at least £2,000.
But it's not the only device for sale. Read on to see if any other items in the auction take your fancy.
Photo credit: Bonhams
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1. Chris Tolmie
err - I am missing something. Why not donate them to the National Museum of Computing so we can all enjoy our shared computing history and, more importantly, help educate children? Does all of our history have to be sent to the four winds???
2. Henry Goodman
Photo 1 is obviously a very small part of a Leo II. What is on show and where is the rest of the machine?