A Hard Drive Decked Out Like A Compact Flash

All of these fancy features came at a price, though, to the tune of around $300 each. Now, hold on to your hat, because you can still find the ST1, but at an alarming price reduction of $280. Yes, our good friends at BG Micro are selling the Seagate 5GB ST1 drive (Model ST650211CF) for $13.50. While that’s a pretty good price for a 5GB Compact Flash card, think of all the extra benefits that you get with a vintage ST1 versus a typical CF card: you could take it apart and expose the real platters and heads or replace a 2.5-inch hard drive with this one-inch hard drive (you’ll also need an SATA-to-CF interface). Who knows, you might find yourself pining for the halcyon days of 2004.