On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 19:13:37 -0400,  Reef Fish
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 16:21:07 -0600, J. Kelly Cunningham
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >Reef Fish <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> The August 2001 Issue of Alert Diver (DAN publication) is already out.
> >> One of the articles in it prompted this post to inquire whether any of
> >> you (1) own a portable unit, (2) have a particular brand to recommend,
> >> and (3) any information to share or advise on my situation/need.
> >>
> >
> >I'm waiting for a Nitrox dive computer that is calibrated by its own
> >internal O2 analyzer.
>
> That would only be a Giovanni (AI) Nitrox dive computer.  Don't you
> need an O2 analyzer BEFORE you jump into the water with your tank?

I'd advise looking at the O2 analysis before hitting the water.  Max depth
and O2 clock info could be helpful. :)

What I'm thinking of wouldn't really require air integration.  Maybe you
would unscrew a cap and hook it to your inflator hose for a flow through
reading before the dive.

> Don't all Air-Integrated Nitrox dive computers have their own 02
> analyzers?
>

None make such a claim to my (limited) knowledge.

>
> >It may be a long wait.
>
> A Cockroach?  :-)
>

I've never seen the diving variety. ;)

-- kc