I read your story about Dallas Semiconductors.  It's something that I'll
file away for future reference.  I've had very brief interactions with
them and haven't actually used any of their parts in a project, so far
they've been pretty nice to me.  I look at their chips more closely
before I use them anywhere...

But I was curious about the ocean sampler hardware that you described in
your post.  Just out of curiousity, what is the functionality of this
device?

Thanks,
Rudy Moore