At 01:26 PM 9/16/96 -0500, you wrote:

>I would appreciate any feedback as to the advantage or disadvantage of
>either system as well as any precautionary measures to consider for
>protecting our collections in light of this addition into the exhibition
>environment.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Bruce Scherting
>
>I am not amazingly expert on the business of sprinkler systems, but have
been told on more than one occassion that those which produce an extremely
fine mist are best for collections as they suffocate fires without dumping
vast quantities of water on everything with the accompanying damage. There
was a piece in, I think, New Scientist about their increasing use in
situations where halons would once have been employed, good ones are
sufficiently effective to be used in computer areas without damaging the
machines.
IAN SIMMONS

- A mind stretched by new ideas never returns to the same shape

                                        - RALPH WALDO EMERSON