It is more probably that the IBM that is claimed to
possibly claimed
to be projected onto the face of one of the astronauts when he is
trying to raise HAL from the pod is actually more of an early version
of something like the tricks that the Disney people used to jazz up
some frames of Jessica Rabbit than a vailed reference to IBM for some
plot effect.
ITYM Betty Boop. When she says "I still got it, Eddie!",
OrSoI'veHeard(TM).