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Date: 16 July 1987, 09:03:20 LCL
From: Mike Newman               x6755                PB5840   at UTKVM1
      SMC 200
To:   INFO-VAX at SRI-KL.ARPA
cc:   Faye Muly                                      MULY     at UTKCS1

>has anyone ever witnessed a halon discharge? what actually happens in the room?
>are people knocked down? are raised floor tiles lifted? are suspended ceiling
>tiles blown out? are temporary walls knocked out? is the planet moved from its
>orbit?
>
>no one here has actually witnessed a halon discharge. we only know that it
>costs $3000 (at least) to recharge our system.

The Center for Computer Integrated Engineering and Manufacturing at the
University of Tennesse at Knoxville installed a halon discharge system
in their computing facility.  They required the installer to set the
thing off (how else do you know it really works?).  The installer filled
the tank with a gas that would be visible, and they videotaped the
discharge.

If anyone is coming through Knoxville and would like to see the facility
(and the videotape), they can contact

    Dean William T. Snyder
    124 Perkins Hall
    The University of Tennessee
    Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
    (615)-974-5321

Ms. Faye Muly is the System Manager for the CCIEM facility and can be
reached at MULY@UTKCS1.BITNET.