There are several manufacturers of the memory. The one used in the prototype testing was a Hitachi HB2860008C2. To the right is a photo of the San Disk CompactFlash card. Below is a table of Compact Flash Card prices. Prices were surveyed in December of 1998 and again in April of 1999.
Prices continue to drop, so shop around for good prices.
Prices aren't being quoted on the smaller sizes anymore as everyone wants the bigger ones. Perhaps if you have a friend with a digital camera, he'll give you the old one when he upgrades to a larger card. We'll use DOS installation as an example. You can use one of two methods. One is to hook up the adapter as a slave drive on a operating computer.