jm@tekadg.UUCP (Jeff Mizener) (11/02/84)
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OBoy, I wish I was ready to buy dive stuff. I love hobbies with toys.
Especially shiny-metallo-hi-tech-type toys. Ahem. Sorry...
In Scuba Diver Magazine (maybe it's Skin Diver Magazine?), there was a
little review of a piece of diving equipment that nobody should go
without (I'm gonna get me one). It was called something like "Dive-Max"
or "Data-Max" or something. It was a depth gauge with "max depth indicator"
needle and a little LCD-LSI timer goodie that times your dives. When you
go below 4 feet, you start counting bottom time. If you're above 4 feet
for more than 10 minutes (after being down), it starts counting a new
bottom time. Seven bottom times are re-callable, and it times surface
interval after each dive. This should make keeping a log book easy.
Comes either in wrist strap or console configurations. Maybe it was
by Dacor?
From a safety viewpoint, it seems like an awful good idea to keep track
of these things. Makes me wonder why more depth gauges don't have a max-depth
needle.
Next question....
Are there any other dive magazines besides the one I mentioned above?
I know that there's one called Diver out of Canada, but that's about it.
Well? SDM (as they like to call themselves), are pretty full of adverts,
and short of pictures and articles (about things other than Bimini and
Bonaire and other spendy dive resorts...).
This monday we're in the pool again! I just love Scuba-Class Nights!
Can't Wait!
Glug-Glug,
Jeff Mizener / Tektronix Portables ADG / Beaverton OR
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O-) a happy diver