Larisa,

Surely there must be at least another zero in that figure.  That equates to
a computer breakdown every 37 days.  I've installed systems that have been
running for spans of over 1.5-2 years (8-12 hour days) without any service
at all.  This emphasizes the importance of investing in appropriate
equipment for the exhibit.  We just had a flurry of mouse-trackball vs.
touchscreen posts... perhaps these figures justify my position against
using keyboards, trackball/mouse devices for user input?  Hmmmm....?

What components are you listing in the catagory of "computer/multimedia"
exhibit.  More mechanically oriented devices such as LaserDisk players,
which are often hooked to a computer system to provide windowed video, are
more prone to breakdowns, specially when used in applications where they
are constantly being instructed to do searches in response to user
commands.

If you find any official figures for this, please let me know.

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Someone mentioned to me some statistics (I believe from ASTC) about
computer/multimedia exhibit floor vs repair shop time ratio (i.e. for every
300 hundred floor hours a computer spends XX amount of time in repair).

Does anyone know these figures? What are the numbers and where do they come
from?

Thank you in advance,
Larisa Overmier
Manager Museum-Ed