At 11:50 AM 11/12/96 -0800, you wrote: >Just thought I'd let some of the rebreather dudes on the list know... > >I just got off the phone with Marco Flagg, of Desert Star Systems, makers >of the decompression computer "DiveTracker DTX". Many of you know this >computer from the Rebreather Forum - and from Rod Farb's web page on >DiveNet. > >Well, Marco told me that he's too worried about liability to make any more >of these, so it looks like Rod has a one-off computer that no one else will >be able to buy or dive with. > >He's hoping that he can put together a deal with BioMarine to market a new >computer for the CCR-500's, but that isn't going to happen for quite a >while (according to Marco). > >So, if you're one of the many BioMarine divers, or CCR-500 >divers-in-waiting, you won't be able to buy a computer that monitors your >ppO2 and calculates your deco until some one else comes up with it. > >Chris Parrett told me at the forum that he is developing a computer for >rebreathers, but I haven't heard anything about that since then. Maybe >he'll sense the market need for this kind of product and forge ahead. > >My personal feeling is that Marco weenied-out, and let the lawyers scare >him off. That is too bad. > >Kevin >HeyyDude We select our hardware components on November 19th. Final selection of Display screen, Diver Interface keypad and internal CPU. Once that is done we will begin on the prototype cases and things should get rolling. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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