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Rich, another "real thing", in addition to the CCR155- the CCR500 is in
production now, so getting the real thing will be no problem. Since the
Cis Lunar will not be entering the marketplace as a commercial venture-
all deposits have been returned I am told- it is clear that the value of
your two units should increase as museum pieces.  In retrospect, having
two units sent to you was a good move since spare parts are likely to be
limited. The real test of whether the Cis-Lumar has whithered on the vine
as a commercial reality will be your response to this post. If your
response contains phrases like "yes, the deposits have been returned, but
Cis-Lunar now has financing" or "I've been told by Bill that they will be
in production in (date)" or "I'm not going to say any more about when the 
unit will be available" or "they are working on the Mark (V, VI, VII) and 
I am told that it will be in production by (date), or "cut me some slack, 
time will tell", then Cis-Lunar has truly reached the level of 
astrovaporware. I will say, in all fairness to you, that I have enjoyed 
the many safety features and ease of operation of diving the unit on 
techdiver- to date there have been no accidents with the unit on here. I 
did receive a press report about a merger between Cis Lunar and Oddessey 
to produce the Cisoddest Lunacy. Tell me that was just a joke. 

On Sun, 30 Jun 1996, Richard Pyle wrote:

> 
> Kevin,
> 
> >  Once in the water, you have to remember that these units are NOT like
> > scuba tanks (i.e. nice and round) - they are big and square and FLAT on the
> > back.  This might sound like a moot (notice I got the word right) point,
> > until you are in a current.  You've now got a friggin sail on your back
> > that the current just loves to plane off of.  Now concentrate on keeping
> > close to the anchor line, while making sure you watch no less than 4
> > gauges/displays (5 if you count a dive computer in there) while
> > decompressing - all of a sudden, open circuit starts to look quaint...  
> >  
> > When you look at it that way, rebreathers start to lose some of their
> > romance.
> 
> Sell that antiquated contraption and buy the real thing - it will bring 
> the romance back to rebreather diving - even more than heliox does - 
> I promise! ;-)
> 
> Rich
> 
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