Mxsmanic wrote:
David Maynard writes:


Ever notice that all the letters in HAL are just one off of IBM?
HAL
IBM


About 35 years ago.

hehe. Yeah, me too.


However, nobody has found a way to transform HAL into Microsoft, so
the conspiracy theories died out with the decline of IBM.

So true.

I wonder if anyone tried playing it backwards to hear satanic sounds?


IBM provided a great deal of technical assistance in the making of the
film, though.

No wonder HAL went a bit loopy