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To: cmeilahn@cc*.cc*.ut*.ed* (Carl W. Meilahn)
Subject: Re: Seaquest Solution
From: story@be*.en*.sg*.co* (David Story)
Cc: techdiver@opal.com
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 14:21:57 -0700 (PDT)

Carl W. Meilahn writes:
> 
> >One footnote, I have never heard of a Solution failure, but a few weeks
> >ago we had an Eon inexplicably go into the dive simulator in the middle of
:
> I have had a Solution fail on me... three times.  The company said I just
> had lemons, but I don't know.  After the third failure, I finally have one
> that works.  I like it, and agree with most of the other comments Jody had.

I'll toss in some first-hand experience.  Though I'm sure we'll not
get enough data to come to any statistically valid conclusions, mine
is interesting because it goes against "popular mythology" or "urban
legend."

I ran an 18-person trip to Saba two years ago, and we had five
computer failures during the first day or so.  From memory, the list was:

1 Aladin Pro
1 Sherwood Source
2 Suunto Solutions
1 Suunto SME-ML

Contrary to popular mythology, none of the Orca computers on board
failed, and folks in the group ended up buying 4 or 5 Orca
SkinnyDippers (Mk II) from a shop on Saba, none of which had any
problems the rest of the 25-dive week.

Cheers,

David Story                        	        Silicon Graphics, Inc.
story@sg*.co*					Mountain View, California

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