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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1056.1 | Some info on computers. Mostly personal opinion... | GAUSS::FGZ | Federico Genoese-Zerbi -- Flamingo 2D DDX | Tue Mar 24 1992 02:33 | 61 |
| 1056.2 | Be careful if you use a computer | YOUNG::YOUNG | | Tue Mar 24 1992 14:47 | 8 |
| 1056.3 | don't bend the rules | COLEOS::GOBBINI | | Tue Mar 24 1992 16:59 | 6 |
| 1056.4 | Replies to .1, .2, .3 | MR4DEC::LO | | Wed Mar 25 1992 02:39 | 28 |
| 1056.5 | Orca's Edge | PEAKS::OAKEY | Save the Bill of Rights-Defend the II | Wed Mar 25 1992 03:39 | 50 |
| 1056.6 | U.S. Divers Datascan 3 | DPDMAI::SIFTAR | | Wed Mar 25 1992 13:03 | 64 |
| 1056.7 | I use a SUNNTO | DPE::MACKINNON | | Wed Mar 25 1992 14:03 | 22 |
| 1056.8 | Edge too | COLEOS::GOBBINI | | Wed Mar 25 1992 14:21 | 13 |
| 1056.9 | Performance brand equipment | 15838::KIMBALL | | Wed Mar 25 1992 16:26 | 6 |
| 1056.10 | ORCA SkinnyDipper | ROYALT::HENEGHAN | | Wed Mar 25 1992 18:44 | 10 |
| 1056.11 | replies to .5 - .9 | MR4DEC::LO | | Wed Mar 25 1992 18:48 | 16 |
| 1056.12 | FWIW | GAUSS::FGZ | Federico Genoese-Zerbi -- Flamingo 2D DDX | Wed Mar 25 1992 19:24 | 21 |
| 1056.13 | Suunto Solution | FDCV14::WILLIAMS | | Thu Mar 26 1992 12:47 | 9 |
| 1056.14 | A good deal | YOUNG::YOUNG | | Thu Mar 26 1992 12:49 | 7 |
| 1056.15 | | PEAKS::OAKEY | Save the Bill of Rights-Defend the II | Thu Mar 26 1992 13:36 | 11 |
| 1056.16 | I Don't Think They're Connected... | MCIS5::CCHRISTENSEN | Proofreader for Sky Writers | Sat Mar 28 1992 13:04 | 6 |
| 1056.17 | reply to .16 | MR4DEC::LO | | Tue Mar 31 1992 19:29 | 11 |
| 1056.18 | Suunto SME_ML and dive computer thoughts | WHOELS::HENDERSON | | Tue Mar 31 1992 21:21 | 19 |
| 1056.19 | Help a Fish to understand. | SWAM1::FISH_JA | a view from the water | Thu Apr 09 1992 00:59 | 36 |
| 1056.20 | Some, basic info. | GAUSS::FGZ | Federico Genoese-Zerbi -- Flamingo 2D DDX | Thu Apr 09 1992 01:44 | 98 |
| 1056.21 | What kind of diving do you do? | YOUNG::YOUNG | | Thu Apr 09 1992 14:47 | 32 |
| 1056.22 | Orca Update | GEMVAX::JOHNHC | | Tue Apr 14 1992 08:48 | 24 |
| 1056.23 | Things are different upside-down! | SNOFS1::BERRELL | | Thu Apr 23 1992 01:42 | 33 |
| 1056.24 | | VAXRIO::MAURICIO | Fertile Pectus | Mon Apr 27 1992 17:53 | 21 |
| 1056.25 | Dive Computer for the PC | REDRCK::AGUE | Jim Ague | Thu Apr 30 1992 02:48 | 27 |
| 1056.26 | | PEAKS::OAKEY | Save the Bill of Rights-Defend the II | Thu Apr 30 1992 15:05 | 8 |
| 1056.27 | fyi | DECWET::EAST | | Mon May 04 1992 19:50 | 6 |
| 1056.28 | Skinney Dipper Mark II | ROYALT::HENEGHAN | | Fri Aug 21 1992 15:34 | 7 |
| 1056.29 | I think it'll work!! | RIPPLE::SCHWENKEN_FR | | Sat Sep 26 1992 20:50 | 7 |
| 1056.30 | Salt or Fresh please | LACV01::SWILLIAMS | | Mon Sep 28 1992 10:58 | 22 |
| 1056.31 | Hogwash. | GAUSS::FGZ | Federico Genoese-Zerbi -- Flamingo 2D DDX | Mon Sep 28 1992 13:25 | 14 |
| 1056.32 | | COLEOS::GOBBINI | | Mon Sep 28 1992 13:53 | 9 |
| 1056.33 | me too | LACV01::SWILLIAMS | | Mon Sep 28 1992 14:02 | 8 |
| 1056.34 | | PEAKS::OAKEY | Save the Bill of Rights-Defend the II | Mon Sep 28 1992 16:31 | 10 |
| 1056.35 | I agree | CHUEY::WETZEL | | Fri Oct 02 1992 21:35 | 7 |
| 1056.36 | Fresh vs Salt ... Why? | LACV01::SWILLIAMS | | Mon Oct 05 1992 11:15 | 6 |
| 1056.37 | salt is deeper | CSC32::S_KIMBROUGH | N540SK | Mon Oct 05 1992 12:47 | 11 |
| 1056.38 | | AZTECH::ROBBINS | | Mon Oct 05 1992 13:01 | 17 |
| 1056.39 | The new DiveTracker computer from Desert Star | GLITTR::JOHNHC | | Mon Mar 07 1994 14:37 | 83 |
| 1056.40 | what no WINDOWS? | ANNECY::HUMAN | I came, I saw, I conked out | Tue Mar 08 1994 05:56 | 3 |
| 1056.41 | Suunto PC interface cost? | GVPROD::RICE | Uninhibited, yet sadly uninspired | Mon Jul 25 1994 08:05 | 12 |
| 1056.42 | Software rev for the Edge ? | SKYE::MAURER | SW Licensing & Business Practices | Mon Jul 25 1994 19:00 | 6 |
| 1056.43 | | PEAKS::OAKEY | The difference? About 8000 miles | Tue Jul 26 1994 00:44 | 8 |
| 1056.57 | Info on the Oceanic Data Plus? | PEAKS::OAKEY | | Tue Apr 29 1997 22:03 | 36 |
| Well, I'm again looking at dive computers, but as times change and prices drop,
I've adjusted my philosophy...
Non-integrated wrist-type (or in-place-of-console-depth-guage) dive computers
are now in the $175-$400 range, depending on features; I'm still diving with my
Edge (that was upgraded by EIT to version 6.mumble about two years ago). I'm
shooting for Palau in 1999, and while looking at how much it's going to cost me
to get there, I've decided that diving with TWO computers for redundancy is now
cheap insurance (if one fails, you can keep diving, rather than wasting 24 or 48
hours on the surface to "zero" yourself).
So what I'm looking for is a non-integrated computer that will become my backup
computer in two years. For the next two years it'll be my primary with the Edge
as my backup, and I'll just follow whichever computer is more conservative.
I've basically narrowed down the field to the Oceanic Data Plus; it supports
Nitrox (though I'm not currently exercising this option, I don't want to exclude
it) and has a backlit display. Cost is about $300.
Anyone have any experience with this computer? I'd like to hear impressions and
opinions on it.
In two years I'll retire the Edge and buy a REAL toy -- an integrated Aladdin
Pro-Nitrox (or whatever the unit is called) or something similar that may be
available by then, but keep the Oceanic (if that's what I end up with) as the
backup.
As long as I'm discussing it, anyone else been thinking about the two computer
model of diving or am I alone in this paranoia? It doesn't make much sense for
local dives, but if you're going on a liveaboard trip (I do California's Channel
Islands every year on the Truth Aquatics fleet) or spending big bucks on an
extensive dive vacation, I think it makes more than good sense.
Kinda like being a DAN member :-)
Roak
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| 1056.74 | two dive computers = good trip insurance | TAPE::SENEKER | Head banging causes brain mush | Wed Apr 30 1997 21:15 | 11 |
| I use two wrist/forearm dive computers. Started as a redundancy issue
for cave diving but it gave me a comfortable piece of mind last Sept.
when I did a week of diving in Cayman Brac knowing it would take two
computer failures before my dive plans changed.
I like Scubapro's DC-12 as a low-price computer and I like the Uwatec
series such as the Nitrox AIR-X for the middle to high end. Don't
like the Bridge computer. Also don't like anything that is larger
than the Uwatec stuff even if it's quality is ok.
Rob
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