EXH10-4

                                  SUBORDINATION

                  The undersigned  officers and  shareholders of AUTOMATED LIGHT
TECHNOLOGIES,  INC. having its offices in the Town of Vernon,  County of Tolland
and State of Connecticut,  (the  "Debtor"),  in  consideration  of a loan in the
amount of THREE HUNDRED AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($300,000.00) (the "Loan"), to Debtor
by  CONNECTICUT  INNOVATIONS  INCORPORATED  of 845  Brook  Street,  Rocky  Hill,
Connecticut, ("CII"), and to induce CII to make said Loan agree as follows:

         1. SUBORDINATION. Until all the indebtedness of the Loan has been fully
paid with interest thereon, the undersigned shall not demand or receive from the
Debtor,  any part of the moneys now owing by the Debtor to the  undersigned,  or
that may hereafter be due and payable to the  undersigned by the Debtor,  or any
security therefor, exclusive of payments of current salaries of the undersigned;
and the Debtor shall not make payment or give security to the undersigned except
in conformity  with this  Agreement.  The  undersigned  waives all notice of the
acceptance of this  Agreement by CII or of the creation,  renewal,  extension or
accrual of any  obligations  of the Debtor to CII or of the reliance of CII upon
this  Agreement.  The  undersigned  hereby directs the Debtor to make such prior
payments to CII, except that with the prior written consent of CII which consent
shall be given or withheld in the sole  discretion  of CII,  the Debtor may make
payments  to the  undersigned  to which  this  Agreement  shall not  apply.  CII
acknowledges  and agrees  that unless and until  Debtor is in default  under the
Loan,  Debtor may make payments on the interest due on two $100,000.00  existing
loans from City Trust to the  undersigned  or any  subsequent  bank loans  which
arise from the  refinancing  of the City Trust loans,  to the extent they do not
exceed the existing loans. The principal amount of such loans shall, however, be
subordinate  to the Loan and  subject to the terms of this  Agreement.  CII also
acknowledges  that the  undersigned are owed deferred salary and agrees that six
(6) months from the date hereof it shall review the  financial  situation of the
Debtor and, provided that Debtor is not in default of the Loan and is generating
gross profits,  shall, at that time,  agree with the undersigned  upon a payment
schedule for such deferred salaries.

         2.  ASSIGNMENT.  Except for the  payments  specifically  referred to in
Paragraph 1 hereinabove,  the  undersigned  hereby assigns to CII, as collateral
security for all such  indebtedness  of the Debtor to CII, all of the claims and
demands of the undersigned  against the Debtor and all interest accrued and that
may hereafter accrue thereon.  If at any time while this Agreement is in effect,
any  petition  for  relief is filed by or against  the  Debtor,  a  receiver  is
appointed for the Debtor or any of its property,  an assignment for creditors is
made by the Debtor or the Debtor is involved in any insolvency proceedings,  CII
shall  have the right to file a claim on behalf of the  undersigned  in all such
proceedings  and to collect  and receive  all  payments  that may be declared or
become  payable  on  such  claim  in any  such  proceedings  and  CII i8  hereby
irrevocably appointed attorney for the undersigned with full power to act in the
name of the undersigned in all such proceedings. Any payments so collected shall
be  applied  against  outstanding  principal  and  interest  of  the  Loan.  The
undersigned  agree that they shall have no right of subrogation  whatsoever with
respect to any  monies so  collected  unless  and until CII shall have  received
payment in full of all sums at any time due on the Loan.


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         3. CREDITOR'S RECEIPTS. Except as may be specifically permitted herein,
if the Debtor shall make any  payments or give any  security to the  undersigned
without the prior consent of CII, then the undersigned  shall forthwith  deliver
such payment or security to CII, in precisely the form received,  except for the
undersigned's  endorsement  when  necessary,  for application on account of such
indebtedness  of the  Debtor  to CII and  until so  delivered  such  payment  or
security  shall be held in trust by the  undersigned  as the property of CII. In
the event of the failure of the  undersigned  to endorse any  instrument for the
payment of money so received by the  undersigned,  CII is irrevocably  appointed
attorney for the undersigned  with full power to make such  endorsement and with
full power of substitution.

         4.   MODIFICATIONS.   Without  notice  to  or  further  assent  by  the
undersigned,  the  liability of the Debtor or any other party to CII on any such
indebtedness  may from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed,  extended,
modified,  compromised  or released by CII and any  collateral  or liens for any
such  indebtedness  may be exchanged,  sold or  surrendered  by CII, all without
affecting  the  obligations  of  the  undersigned  and  the  Debtor  under  this
Agreement.


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Dated at Hartford, Connecticut this 2nd day of August, 1990.

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                                            MOHD A. ASLAMI


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                                            CHARLES DeLUCA


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Acknowledged and consented to by Connecticut Innovations Incorporated.


By:
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   David C. Driver
   Its Executive Director