7 Dec
2011
7 Dec
'11
10:10 a.m.
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
Ideally I'd like to pick up something for free, because this is not a
high priority item for the museum. It's more in the "nice to have"
category. It would make it much easier to supply power to exhibits in
the middle of a large open area because I could run power and data
cabling under the floor.
My friend went to a design school that had a high-end 3d workstation room
(in fact, I think they were Octanes) It was simply desks spaced out with
power and network drops coming down from the unfinished ceiling. The room
was completely dark except for low power spotlights shining down on each
station (the monitors had hoods). The whole effect was really cool.
The IT guy said that dealing with overhead wiring is easier than running
everything underneath the workstations, especially if you have to shuffle
things around later on (and he had the option of doing a raised floor) If
you need to add drops, just punch into an existing junction box and tap in
- assuming everything is wired properly.