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Altair 4
Oh, it works on more levels than that. Star Trek, Stephen King's "The Tommyknockers," and others. Actually, I'm into backyard astronomy, so it covers all my bases.
If I get a few minutes over the weekend, I'm going to try and take the pump apart and see what's going on in there.
Star Trek used Altair 6. But Forbidden Planet used started it all. I recently finished the novelization of the movie by W.J. Stuart. Waiting for my wife to read it so that we can watch the movie again. One of my favorite 50s sci-fi movies and it does still hold up.