[Coco] Super IDE vs. Drive Pak

[john T Chasteen]

I also own both type of units and enjoy using them
Tech support is great from both people.

Thanks for great products Mark and Roger

John
  
On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:24:41 -0500 Mark Ormond
<markormond at mtxsystems.com> writes:
> Which is easier to use (not to setup?)
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com 
> [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Brian Blake
> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 7:40 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Super IDE vs. Drive Pak
> 
> On 11/15/2011 7:18 PM, Steve Ostrom wrote:
> > One thing I've noticed is that Roger seems to be selling his Drive 
> Pak 
> > on eBay, but the price will vary as will the amount of memory 
> > included.  If you decide to buy Drive Pak on eBay, make sure you 
> wait 
> > and watch prices and memory so you are getting the best deal you 
> can.  
> > I think that Cloud-9 has consistant prices.
> >
> > -Steve-
> >
> >
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> Steve brings up a good point, that the eBay price Roger sells at 
> does 
> fluctuate according to the miniSD card he has installed, though it 
> does 
> come ready to run out of the box.
> 
> However, in interest of fairness, you have to look at the cost it 
> takes 
> to get the SuperIDE usable. I'll use the cost when I bought mine:
> 
> 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 use the S-IDE in NitrOS-9)since I haven't used it yet. Then you 
> have 
> to go thru setting up the drives in order to use them.
> 
> When you buy a DrivePak, it's plug and play - the caveat is learning 
> the 
> new commands.
> 
> There is a steeper cost involved to get a SuperIDE system up and 
> running. What a buyer needs to do is evaluate whether the speed 
> increase 
> of the SuperIDE is worth the extra money.
> 
> Either way, it must also be stated (for newer folks) that BOTH 
> systems 
> have the same problems with software that do not use normal DSKCON 
> routines - neither can run them.
> 
> Again, not taking sides - have both, use both, love both...
> 
> 
> 
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