PCs that support only one floppy drive in hardware

Doc Shipley doc at mdrconsult.com
Mon Oct 10 15:22:28 CDT 2005


John Boffemmyer IV wrote:
> Or you can use an external USB to floppy interface enclosure. A few on 
> the list have commented on their use and types. In theory, you could 
> have many, many drives this way.

   I have several of these and have used several other brands and types 
and they all have one thing in common.

   They support 3.5" 1.44MB floppy disks *only*.  I've taken 2 apart to 
see if I could at least substitute a 720K-capable drive, and they're 
"integrated".  No substitution possible.


	Doc


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