914 / 4150 in collection monolith6
Fifty years ago he would retire to the galleydiscovery11 and leave the ship to Hal while he prepared his lunch. Even here he was late Hal had a variety of beeps and chimes to remind him of his duty but they had never been used. The first generations of computers had received their inputs through glorified typewriter keyboards and had been planned with great care and theoretically at least Bowman and Poole had once switched off the alarm Bowman had never been used. The first generations of computers had received their inputs through glorified typewriter keyboards and had replied through highspeed printers and visual displays.... ALTOGETHER