> On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 21:37:00 -0500, Mike Wallace wrote:
>
> > I scanned a copy of the Dolphin Rebreather text book for Lee. It's
> > about 28MB's or so. Anyone else want a copy of it, email me off list
> > for directions on where to get it via FTP.
>
> Mate!  Swing the lights and get out the spitoons!  :-)))))

Damn, sounds like a party is about to start!  :-)


>
> I cleaned out the 'garage' at the week-end.  Tucked away in there - among
> all of the twin-hoses; early Conshelf regs, and more old crap than wot you
> could poke a stick at - were the 'early' promo posters for the Dolphin.
> (The Oz version!) :-)

When given a choice, the Oz version is almost always mo' betta!  ;-)


>
> One of them shows Liz Wight wearing a Dolphin and carrying a ( to me )
> unrecognisable machine pistol!  (Off to the side were schematics of the
> Dolphin.  But who cares a crap about them when Liz is in the picture?)
> :-))))

That's no doubt the best the Dolphin has ever looked!


>
> Before I send these gems to the tip, send me your postal address privately
> and I'll send one of them off to you.  (One day, it may be a collector's
> item! And - in any case - it's a piece of memorabilia that marks a part of
> recreational diving history!)  :-)

On the way.... ;-)


>
> Interestingly, Drager had intended a new CCR release that would have been
> superb, but it seems that - with little military application for that
> particular unit - they switched off the lights and went back to basics.
> Their latest offering is one that, apparently, is meeting some resistance,
> in that it can be switched between O2 and mixed gas.  Not good!  :-)))))

Sounds like some competition for the Desperation to me!  ;-)

Mike


>
> Strike


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