About this Site







Celebrating HAL's Birthday

This site was produced on an Apple Macintosh system, and proofed on an IBM Aptiva running WIN95. The following software was used:
Barebones Software BBedit 4.0.1
Adobe Photoshop 3.0.5
Equilibrium Debabilizer 1.6.5
Avid/Digidesign Sound Designer 2.3
Netscape Navigator 2.02 and 3.0.1
Imagery was scanned and corrected on a Linotype-Hell Saphire scanner, using LinoColor lite software.


Credits
This Website is the product of a collaborative effort between a number of people involved with the evolution, development, and production of HAL's Legacy: 2001's Computer as Dream and Reality.

Benjamin Williams of Blue Period. was responsible for the graphic design of the site. Matt Wise provided Java council.

Marney Smyth was the project manager for the Web treatment of HAL's Legacy: 2001's Computer as Dream and Reality. She is Producer/Editor with the Digital Projects Lab at the MIT Press, where she is also responsible for the development of online resources in the fields of cognitive and brain sciences.

Bob Prior, Acquisition Editor at the MIT Press for HAL's Legacy: 2001's Computer as Dream and Reality, has been an enthusiastic and energetic supporter of the site's development, and a most generous source of ideas and innovative links.

Michael Rutter, Assistant Acquisitions Editor at the MIT Press, performed the daunting task of running interference between Production, Design, and WebTeam schedules. Indefatigable in commitment, as he is graceful under pressure!

We would like to offer our most sincere thanks to the efficient and courteous staff at Turner Broadcasting for their assistance in providing stills from the film, and our thanks also to Yasuyo Iguchi and the Design Department from the MIT Press, for their generous help with artwork for this site. David Stork, editor of HAL's Legacy: 2001's Computer as Dream and Reality was a constant and energetic presence in the development of the site. Finally, we are grateful to Terry Ehling, Manager of the Digital Projects Lab at the MIT Press, for her always timely and perceptive observations, and for keeping both Eyes firmly on the Prize!




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