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> John,
> 
> CO2 cartridges started disapearing from BC's around the late 1970's / 
> early 1980's.  For a while the BC manufacturers let the dive community
> make the choice by provide the CO2 inflators as a add on option for
> approx $30.00 - $50.00.   Must divers with power inflators chose not
> spend the added money.  So the manufactors (MOST) dropped the option all
> together by the late 1980's.
> 
> 
> Gary McGee
> Detroit,  MI   USA
> Great Lakes Wrecker
> 

The Scubapro Classic still has the CO2 inflator hardware built-in. I didn't 
even know it was there until a friend pointed it out. The classic is one of 
Scubapro's higher end BC's and still sells well. I guess the CO2 system is a 
relic of the days when manual inflation was common and most divers used 
surplus horse collar life preservers if anything at all.

Rick

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