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At 09:55 AM 10/30/96 -0300, you wrote: >Chris, > >I don't get it. Why don't you simply treat the deep stops as waypoints? >Example: > >30 min @ 130 ft on air > >Deco without deep stops: > > 4 min @ 30 ft >10 min @ 20 ft >35 min @ 10 ft > >So you backtrack and insert the deep stops at 80 ft and 55 ft. So, for >all purposes, you consider the user's profile as > >30 min @ 130 ft > 2 min @ 80 ft > 2 min @ 55 ft > >...and recalculate the deco. What's the big deal? Just pretend the user >inserted the deep stops. I mean, Abyss *can* handle multi-level >diving, can't it? ;^) > >So the new deco will be different. Why shouldn't it be? > >Cheers, > >Carlos Carlos: If people are willing to do it that way, there is NO problem as far as Abyss is concerned. The issue then becomes that the extra waypoints have a negative effect on total decompression latter on in the profile. And we are looking for a way to add in the stops and have some credit occur to the over-all decompression profile the diver is following, rather than a penalty. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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://ftp.abysmal.com/pub/abysmal World Wide Web Site: http://WWW.ABYSMAL.COM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rule #1 If We Don't Take Care Of The Customer.....Somebody Else Will. "Its not so much what we do, but how we do it that really matters."
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