From: Emanuel Brown (epbrown01_at_att.net)
Date: Tue May 04 1999 - 17:05:28 EDT
On Tue, 04 May 1999 10:51:15 -0700, Randal Whittle <rwhittle_at_usa.net>
wrote:
>> Everything I've read counts the base as a $100 option, but you then have
>>to buy all of the drives that go into it. Same ol' Big Blue...
>
> $100 for a shell, eh? That's pretty pathetic.
>
> But if all you want is a CD drive...not sure what that goes for, but I'd
>guess at least $200. So for $300 or so, you can have the base & a CD for
>your 570. I guess that's not too bad.
For those of you that haven't browsed the Businessweek article, they
happen to list the prices.
Ultrabase (includes floppy, btw): $119
CD-ROM: $135
DVD-ROM: $335
LS-120 SuperDisk: $225
ZipDrive: $269
2nd battery: $209
The Ultrabase is compatible with all of the UltraSlimBay devices for the
600 series except the battery. I'm not clear in whether the floppy is
usable without the Ultrabase; if the slice is optional, the floppy ought to
be usable solo, but no one mentions it without discussing the base.
epbrown
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