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HAL 9000 on the Auction Block

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the if-you-have-to-much-money-just-give-it-to-me dept.

pompous windbag writes "The Cinerama 160 degree lens used to both play and film the viewpoint of the famous paranoid processor. He's now up for sale on eBay, for the starting bid of just $150,000(USD). This looks like the real deal, complete with letters of authenticity and some extra goodies like "...an original '2001' movie program, a copy of the original script, two issues of American Cinematographer Magazines on the production of '2001' published in 1968, and the movie '2010' published in 1985. Also included is videotape showing how HAL 9000 originated and was used by Stanley Kubrick.' "

4 of 254 comments (clear)

  1. paypal? by Scottarius · · Score: 5, Interesting

    can you even send $150,000 through paypal?

  2. Forget HAL, get a Cray by mihalis · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Working Cray Supercomputer for sale

  3. Uh, maybe I should go on EBay. by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I have, in my office, the console of ILM's VAX 780 which subsequently became Pixar's VAX. Just the top part with the lights, logo, and the key, the rest was junked. I know for sure it was used to render original effects in Star Wars and the Genesis Effect scene in Star Trek: The Wrath of Kahn. Maybe I should put it on eBay.

    Bruce

    --
    Bruce Perens.
  4. Second Auction Attempt by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Should we wait till he cuts it in half again?
    Was $300,000