HAL became operational in Urbana, Illinois, at the HAL Plant (the University of Illinois's Coordinated Science Laboratory, … 展开

Clarke noted that the first film was criticized for not having any characters except for HAL, and that a great deal of the establishing story on Earth was cut from the film (and even from Clarke's novel). Clarke stated that he ha… 展开

Arthur C. Clarke was gay, and the sexuality of his characters has been a topic of discussion for many years, with special emphasis placed upon HAL and Dave's relationship.
In the 1987 editi… 展开

HAL is listed as the 13th-greatest film villain in the AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains.
The 9000th of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 9000 Hal, discovered on 3 May 1981, by E. Bowell at … 展开

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• Poole versus HAL 9000, a chess game played by Frank Poole and HAL 9… 展开

• Text excerpts from HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey
• HAL's Legacy, on-line ebook (mostly full-text) of the printed version edited by David G. Stork, MIT Press, 1997, ISBN 0-262-69211-2, a collection of ess… 展开