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From: <pan@lt*.se*.al*.de*>
To: Piotr Potulski <potulski@cc*.un*.to*.pl*>
Cc: techdiver@terra.net
Subject: Re: Computers: what's next ?
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 96 10:06:52 +0200

Piotr Potulski <potulski@cc*.un*.to*.pl*> wrote:
> I am afraid that makeing lot of new sensors is not the only one problem. 
> Of course, all of them will give us some additional informations about 
> diving conditions, and computed deco should be more personaly. Any way 
> all those data must be computed and it's second problem. I have read that 
> for real time deco computing  (using all data we actualy know) necesery 
> computing power is 10 CRAYs computers.
You mean 10 CRAYs of the golden 1970s which is equivalent to half a Pentium Pro?

Away from the sensors don't we need computers that can cope with more
than a single kind of gas beeing used on the same dive?
There are some computers that are programmable but none that I know
of can figure out that you are now on your <one-of-5>-mix.

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