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On Mon, 29 Aug 2016, Jan-Erik S=F6derholm wrote:

> I haven't looked or searched for it, but it would surprise me
> a lot if there isn't USB connected floppy drives...
>
> He, first hit for "USB floppy drive" on eBay:
>
> "1.44Mb 3.5" USB External Portable Floppy Disk Drive Diskette FDD for Lap=
top
> PC"
>
> $9.51 with free shipping from China. How the heck can they built it *and*
> ship it worldwide for that amount?
>
> Right, looking closer, if you want support for anything newer then WinXP,
> you have to pay a little more. Still reasonable...
>
> Jan-Erik.

I bought a 3.5" USB floppy drive from Amazon a few years ago. It was OK=20
for standard M$ formated floppies but did not like single sided or "other"=
=20
formats. I never tried formating a blank floppy with it but the way it
appeared as a USB block device when you actually loaded a formated floppy=20
into it (but not a non-M$ formated floppy) makes me wonder if it were=20
capable of formating a blank floppy.

I also wonder if it is possible to hack the 3.5" drive to work with 5.25"=20
drives (I have my doubts because it only seemed to like 1.44MB formated=20
floppies).

Regards
Sergio Masci=

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