> I use an Atmos Pro and there are some things that I find really
> annoying. For example, the biggest number on the display after a
> single dive day is the time from when you turned the thing on to
> when you jumped in the water. Who cares ?

No fly time?

> Something that I consider to be dangerous is the behaviour in a
> violation situation. It turns off for 24 hours. It seems to me that if
> that situation arises, I want the doc at the chamber to see exactly
> what I did to get there.

Downloads from the computer are not generally locked out.  Over here, the
major chambers try to have an interface for every computer going.

A lot of divers (as with every other walk of life) are idiots.  Anything
that can be done to prevent them racking up DCS hits is usually a good
thing...

> I'll gladly take an increase in size to enable having a backlight that
> stays on. Trying not to blind your buddy on the way up on a night
> dive is bad enough without having to find another hand to keep
> pressing that damn button. Oh - the ascent rate indicators are a
> waste of time.

Battery life on the computer...

Ascent rate indicators - I don't want an absolute value, I just want to know
if I'm starting to go up too fast.  Too slow an ascent racks up additional
deco penalties.

> There are a few things I would like to add. I would like it to be
> buddy and tables aware. I might be using Nitrox and a computer
> but my buddy might be on air and tables.  Since we would both be
> doing the same profile, it can give me an idea of their status.

Gas switching?  My computer doesn't support it, so if I do deco on a richer
mix, I track CNS & OTUs manually.  Not ideal, but the recreational dive
market hasn't caught up on that one yet.

> It is one of those nice things where once you have the basis of a
> system - display, micro, pressure sensor and few buttons in a
> waterproof housing, the rest becomes just a matter of growing the
> software. (eg. gas changes, etc).

So it'll need to be easy to dismantle...  Which means more difficult to
build so that it doesn't leak.

> On a slightly different tangent - Does anyone know of a suitable
> earpiece or small headset for use underwater ? Dangling on a rope
> under a boat is the ideal place for a MP3 player.

I've seen "waterproof" speakers for sale - but never saw any tech data on
them, so don't know *how* w/proof they'd be.

> That would have to be a marketable gimmick for a dive computer -
> a built in MP3 player, preloaded with the theme from Jaws. :-)

A diver recall signal with a difference...

Peter
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