[rec.arts.movies] HAL

jsl@cisunx.UUCP (John S. Lundberg) (05/03/89)

From 1-May-1989 issue of 'Information Week':

"This week National Semiconductor will ink a March agreement to transfer
ownership of its beleaguered plug-compatible subsidiaary, National 
Advanced Systems, to its mainframe and peripherals supplier, Hitachi.
The new subsidiary most likely will assume the moniker of the Japanese
conglomerate's U.S. subsidiary, Hitachi America Ltd...[remainder of 
article omitted].

HAL.

Too bad we're in the process of replacing our NAS system with an Amdahl;
I would have liked seeing a HAL 9000 sitting in our machine room. :-). 
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