[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.