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Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 22:05:33 -0800 (PST)
To: christo <christo@az*.co*.za*>, techdiver list <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
From: Jeremy Downs <dcrco@jp*.ne*>
Subject: Re: Dive Computers

Yes, I had an Oceanic (which I love for normal diving) go completley insane
on the deco requirements for a 135' dive (TOD 160') that was less than 20min
long. After a half an hour of stops it still wouldn't let me go up to 10'.


At 06:37 PM 12/1/97 -0800, christo wrote:
>Rodale Scuba diving have done a fair amount of tests on computers. Refer 
>to their info at http://www.scubadiving.com/
>
>There are summaries of computers, and also tables on features, 
>conservatism etc. Maybe it can give you some insight.
>
>We have a few Oceanic computers in the club. We had some that gave 
>trouble on deeper dives. (50m +;  160ft +) Usually it started loading you 
>with Nitrogen at about 5x the required rate. Anyone else that had similar 
>experiences?
>
>Regards
>
>Christiaan Grosskopf
>
>
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