best USB floppy drive?

[Kaido]

I'd like to get a USB floppy drive...anyone tried them? Are they any faster than internal floppies? What's a good brand?

 

[CraigRT]

I bought a generic one from a local store... no faster than any normal floppy drive, but it's bootable, and it's storable, so i dont have to uglify my computer case with a floppy.

i love it though, only way to go 🙂

 

[MichaelZ]

how much did it cost you? a friend of mine is interested in buying something like that.

 

[Safeway]

It's bootable! Kick!

 

[nortexoid]

that's a funny question, it is.

 

[Zepper]

They're all pretty much the same. compgeeks.com has refurbed HPs for $22.+sh... You can probably safely choose based on appearance. I've seen some that are combo floppy/memory card readers. Now that's pretty cool...

.bh.

:moon:

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: Kaido
I'd like to get a USB floppy drive...anyone tried them? Are they any faster than internal floppies? What's a good brand?

Yes, yes, and the ones that I used, were re-purposed iMac USB floppies, made by Y-E Data.

Btw, you can get USB floppies to work in Win98se too, if you use the .INF file from W2K to install them, and I think one .SYS file that is mentioned in the .INF, *unless*.. you installed one of the Win98se updates for firewire/video, then strangely, USB floppies fail to work again. I forgot the specifics, but that's the general gist of it.

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: Safeway
It's bootable! Kick!

assuming the motherboard supports it of course.