USB Universal Floppy Disk controller

[James Nugen]

Barry Watzman wrote:

>What we need so badly is a USB universal floppy disk controller.
>
I was just thinking about that the other day.  I found this chip which 
looks pretty nice:
http://www.smsc.com/main/catalog/usb97cfdc2_01.html

>I'm desperate enough that I've been taking apart 3.5" USB drives hoping to
>find one that was a USB controller with a standard 3.5" drive.  So far, they
>have ALL been "integrated" devices.
>  
>
You might have better luck with ones that have a "765B Floppy Disk 
Controller", such as this:
http://www.cmicomputer.com/cgi-bin/quikstore.cgi?product=fd1.44u&detail=yes

-James Nugen