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Dear List, Please enlighten me: What is the difference between following a deco schedule produced from a set of (computer-generated) tables, and following a deco schedule produced by a computer on your wrist? (Apart from algorithm differences and that the computer produces a schedule for the dive you actually did) Thanks, JT -- John Taylor, Marketing and Trading Systems, IT Development Credit Suisse Financial Products (Hong Kong) Ltd, 13F, Tower 3, Exchange Square, Central, Hong Kong Office: +852 2101 6927, Fax: +852 2101 7698, Mobile: +852 9031 6395, email: john.taylor@cs*.co*.uk* [private e-mail: live4diving@ho*.co*] > -----Original Message----- > From: S I L E N T I M M E R S I O N [SMTP:silent@cu*.ne*] > Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 12:15 PM > To: techdiver@aquanaut.com > Cc: Chris > Subject: Re: Abyss Explorer Nitrox > > Chris, > > You are right, I do not know anything about your Explorer computer. I was > refering those three dive computers in general. > I like your software and I think you are doing a great job there. One > could assume the Explorer puts out very good profiles, comparable with the > PC software and I trust you it will. > > Still I would never buy one. > > Some considerations about divecomputers: > > What is the advantage of the $900,- Explorer (or any other dive computer) > over the table/bottomtimer combination during a deco dive? > > What if I am following a deco schedule by the Explorer computer and it > shuts off, breaks down, whatever... > > Most computers penalise you for making deep stops. > > Most Computers do not take workload into consideration. > > When you use a dive computer you use it as a backup to the tables anyway. > Does not improve your deco. > > Using tables makes you train your deco schedules more. You will start to > create a feeling for how much deco is needed for a certain dive. Following > a computer does not do this. > > > These are some of the reasons why I like the solid combination of a table > with a bottomtimer. I had a private discussion with somebody that liked > the downloadable features of his computer. This I can understand, if you > like to examine the details after the dive than that's the way to do it. > My argument is that you should not dive the computers profile as your main > deco profile. > If you like to use a $900,- bottomtimer that's fine. I choose not to. > > Regards, > > THOMAS > > > > > > > At 09:47 AM 5/11/99 -0600, you wrote: > >>>> > > >Most computers would lock anyway when you do accellerated deco. > >Now there's a couple that have the cool gas-switching capabilities... > >wow... The Cochring, the NiTEK (for "tekkies"... ahum, shouldn't that be > >Nitech?) and now the "Explorer" with trimix capabilities. Really cool. > >And really a waste of money. >>>> These would support accelerated deco, > but still do not give the profile >as >I would like to dive it. >>Regards, > THOMAS > > OK Thomas, I'll take a bite on your bait. > Since you have not dove on an Abyss-Explorer, nor used one, nor even > run our simulator, please tell me how it is you know the Abyss-Explorer > will not "give the profile as I would like to dive it". > What kind of a profile is it that you want to dive? > And how is it that your so sure the Abyss-Explorer can't deliver > that to you?? > > > > --------------------------------- > Christopher M. Parrett, President > Abysmal Diving Inc. > 6595 Odell Place, Suite G. Boulder CO, 80301 USA > Makers of ABYSS, Advanced Dive Planning Software, and > The new Abyss-Explorer Mixed Gas Decompression Computer.! > > Abyss V2.02 Upgrade is now available on the WWW! > > Phone: (303) 530-7248 > Fax: (303) 530-2808 > > File Transfer Site: <ftp://ftp.abysmal.com/>ftp://FTP.ABYSMAL.COM > World Wide Web Site: <http://WWW.ABYSMAL.COM>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." > > > > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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