> 
> One other item I'd like to comment on.  I keep on hearing that one of 
the
> knocks on microfilm surrounds environmental and maintenance costs. These
> are just as prevalent with electronic storage as well.  As the storage
> capacity of on- and near-line systems increase, so does the cost for
> maintaining the environment; these systems put out heat.  What I've 
noticed
> is that storage systems are much more sensitive to heat than microfilm.
> 

Two seperate issues here- one is 'storage conditions for the media', the 
other is 'operating conditions for the equipment'.
In most cases, the electronic storage of archive records wouldn't be in 
operating equipment, would it?

regards
Jay

Jay Maechtlen
Ameriquest Data Service



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