No, they denied it. See here: http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/faq/index.html#slot7
Jon <snip> I don't know if it was a dig, but Arthur C. Clark and Stanley Kubrek did admit HAL was based on IBM's name. </snip> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

