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Hello my German friends,

A couple of days ago I got my hands on a Deco-Brain computer, sold as dead.

It came complete with original box and all accessories except the charger. A few cycles on a modern station indicate the NiCd pack still has some life in it after 30 years! The unit itself shows some internal corrosion probably due to limited water ingress. The only affected part seems to be the reed switch, so bypassing it fired up the unit . As expected at this age, the pressure transducer is damaged - registering a depth of 117m at surface.

Some error codes also appeared on the screen as the unit went through the POST. I'm wondering if any of the old timers on the forum have a list of what each code corresponds to. Just to see what the unit thinks is going on inside it.
Also, an English version of the manual would be greatly appreciated

Thanks,
George

Hi George,

I've asked some friends in the USA for an english Decobrain manual, keep your fingers crossed,

: )
Franz

Hello George,

do you know this interesting german article about Jürgen Herman and the Deco Brain?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ahnmfsadmux6a ... s.pdf?dl=0

Gruß Micha

Hallo Zusammen,

so katastrophal endete die Geschichte:

http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/ostschweiz/story/11228082

Den Link habe ich von George,

Franz

Hallo,
woher stammt dieses Interview?
Vielleicht könnten wir das ja für die TH verwerten?
Es ist ja auch ohne den tragischen Schluss sehr interessant.

Lothar hat geschrieben:Hallo,
woher stammt dieses Interview?
Vielleicht könnten wir das ja für die TH verwerten?
Es ist ja auch ohne den tragischen Schluss sehr interessant.

Hi Lothar, I first came across this interview a few years ago here: http://www.plongeesanssel.com/files/DecoBrain.pdf

/George

Moin,

die ursprüngliche Quelle kenne ich auch nicht.

Micha

Original source appears to be this online article from December 2008: http://www.diveinside.de/DI_Tauchcomputer_18_195.pdf

/GKAM