The 2001 A Space Odyssey Computer was the most significant computer created during the Space Race. It was designed and built by IBM for the 1968 film, 2001: A Space Odyssey. The computer was used to control the systems on the spacecraft Discovery One, including the onboard AI, HAL 9000.

The IBM 7090 mainframe that served as the 2001 A Space Odyssey Computer was the most advanced computer of its time. It had a number of innovative features, including a speech synthesizer, which was used to create HAL 9000’s voice. The computer also used a new type of memory storage, …