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Dag Spicer<\/strong> On Friday 18th February 2022 Dag Spicer, senior curator of the American
Computer Museum and American correspondent of the LEO Computers Society
presented the history of the Museum, its holdings and in particular its affection and
holdings of material related to LEO. Dag defined the Lyons\/LEO story as a promontory
in the evolution of computer use \u2013 a very apt definition. The presentation was via Zoom
and finished with a question-and-answer session with many members of LCS and CCH
joining in.
A recording of Dag Spicer’s presentation on the Computer History Museum,
Mountain View, California on the Society Website can be viewed Here<\/a> and
the Museum\u2019s website on : https:\/\/computerhistory.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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