[Coco] Super IDE vs. Drive Pak

[Aaron Wolfe]

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:

>>

>> 1. SuperIDE w/RTC - $99

>> 2. HDB-DOS for the SIDE - $30 (I do not know if the ROM is freely available

>> to burn or not...)

>> 3. CF adapter - $14 (you can subtract this if you already have a small IDE

>> drive - I didn't)

>> 4. 2GB CF card - $12 (you can subtract this if you already have a small IDE

>> drive - I didn't)

>>

>> In my case, it was $156, and I didn't include the cost of SuperDriver (to

>

> To be fair, $99 is for the SuperIDE with real time clock.  Since the

> drivepak does not include a real time clock, it would make more sense

> to compare the $75 SuperIDE model.

>

> Also, to get to $156 you're adding 2 drives, but since the drivepak


sorry! i misread your email, you are adding the cost of an adapter not
a second drive.  my mistake!
it would be more fair to add just the cost of a CF card, since they
are cheap and easy to acquire.
pricewatch.com says 2GB CF cards go for about $10.