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At 01:56 PM 4/30/96 -0700, you wrote: >Jim, > >Thanks for your note. I'd be happy to look at the Cochran model, but it's >not for sale, not for evaluation by the public buyer and not here now. So >it falls under the computer jargon description of RSN (real soon now). One >of the oldest ploys in the computer business is to try and persuade buyers >to wait for the new, latest and greatest model. Many of the claims turn out >to be true - when the model finally arrives. Almost always, there are also >downsides that were not as aggressively advertised. That's just the nature >of the everyone who promotes their own product. I have been looking (and >trying some) re-breather models for the past two years. The Uwatec/Drager is >here now and available for public buyer review and assessment. I'll make >mine after I have dived it a number of times. If the Cochran machine is >available when I'm ready to buy - in about a month - then I'll evaluate >that one too. But I am usually wary of serial numbers that begin with a >lot of zeros! > >Regards, > >Peter Heseltine > The differences between the upcoming Cochran PRISM Mark II, and the Atlantis are striking. If you are in a rush, then the Atlantis may well be the low cost / high availability option. If you have the leisure to wait it out, you may be very pleasently surprised by what Peter Ready and Cochran have put together. As for me, I can't afford the Cis-Lunar Mark 5, so I am waiting patiently for the PRISM in its final form. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Christopher M. Parrett, President Abysmal Diving Inc. 6595 Odell Place, Suite G. Boulder CO, 80301 USA Makers of ABYSS, Advanced Dive Planning Software. Phone: (303) 530-7248 Fax: (303) 530-2808 File Transfer Site: ftp://abysmal.com/users/abysmal World Wide Web Site: http://www.emi.net/gulfstream/abyss
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