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To: techdiver@opal.com
Subject: Re: Uwatec Aladin Air-X
From: hgartner@ra*.or* (Harold Gartner)
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1994 23:33:47 -0800
>I just received the last issue of Scuba Times.  There is an advertisement
>for the new Uwatec Aladin Air-X computer.
>
>Gee! What a tow!!!  It is an air integrated computer using radio
>transmission from the first stage to the wrist module.  The algorithm is the
>Buhlmann ZH-L8ADT.  It takes into account the speed of ascent (which is
>variable), the skin temperature, the work load and of course, the depth and
>time.  The speed of ascent varies from 180 feet per minute to 20 feet per
>minute depending on depth.
>
>This computer can store 37 dives and 200 minutes of detailed dive time (20
>seconds interval).  The PC software may display a bunch of information for
>any minute in the dive.
>
>Does anyone know more about this toy?  What is the ZH-L8ADT algorithm? When
>was it created and how was it tested?
>
>Is the computer reliable in very cold water (here, we dive in water at 28
>degrees F. or -2 degrees C.)?  What is the battery life?  Can we change the
>battery ourselve?  What are the computer limits?  And all the other usual
>questions....
>
>
>Michel
>MTHERRIEN@sh*.mo*.mm*.sh*.co*
Just wait and get a look at the Nemsis II Nitrox which allows for gas switches!

Harold Gartner
hgartner@ra*.or*
CompuServe ID 71470,1423
6900 Via Alba
Camarillo, California
805 482-9743

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