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Hi Ben, I use deco software I wrote myself and a bottom timer for all dives =20 requiring staged deco=2E Normally I use a computer for mooching about, fish= =20 watching no-deco dives but my computer has been locked in error mode for =20 three weeks since a 82m dive=2E So last night I was back on hard tables and= =20 a bottom timer for a no-deco dive for the first time since I learned to =20 dive=2E I ran a few no-deco, multi-level profiles, wrote them on a slate =20 and took them with me=2E I went on and did the most conservative, carefully timed dive I have ever =20= =20 done=2E I had not expected that but it was just a natural reaction to keep=20= =20 well within the limits I set for myself, I never even gave it a thought =20 and felt more aware=2E I would not have done that with a computer, I would=20= =20 just have followed it blindly and done a safety stop=2E I intended to get =20= =20 my Uwatec fixed but now I am not sure I will be in a hurry to do it=2E For=20= =20 me last night was the biggest convincer for not worrying about a =20 computer=2E For your other points, maybe its because I have spent the last eighteen =20 months working on the program, but I find I can guess within a few =20 minutes what the software will spit out at me, so I am fairly confident I =20= =20 can do that in an emergency when I have a base plan to work with=2E Regards, S =2E =20 Privilege and Confidentiality Notice=2E This e-mail and any attachments to it are intended only for the party=20 to whom they are addressed=2E They may contain privileged and/or=20 confidential information=2E If you have received this transmission in=20 error, please notify the sender immediately and delete any digital=20 copies and destroy any paper copies=2E Thank you=2E Scott Wilson Scotland Ltd Registered in Scotland No=2E 48951,=20 Registered Office: 6 Park Circus, Glasgow, G3 6AX=2E UK=2E ________________________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by the Star Screening System http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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