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Mac OS 9 Discussion => Hardware => Storage => Topic started by: supernova777 on November 15, 2014, 09:15:53 PM

Title: usb thumbdrive -> 1.44mb Floppy emulator
Post by: supernova777 on November 15, 2014, 09:15:53 PM
this thing looks cool
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/3-5-1-44Mb-USB-SSD-Floppy-Drive-Emulator-For-Embroidery-Machine-/231032086534?pt=US_Floppy_Zip_Jaz_Drives&hash=item35ca95e006

i think it simulates 100 seperate floppies and u 'change the channel' to move to the next disk image..
at least thats how i think it works .. and the reason for the digital readout on the front..
so on 1 usb drive key u can have hundreds of 1.44mb floppy images

very cool!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXRT32Ulxyg[/youtube]

can this be physically connected to a g4 somehow?
im guessing it would only be able to be used with pre-usb beige powerpc macs
unless there are mac addon floppy disk controllers?

i guess the g4 users would be stuck with a regular old usb floppy drive
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/3-5-USB-1-1-2-0-External-Floppy-Disk-Drive-Portable-1-44-MB-FDD-Laptop-PC-/200653635575?pt=US_Floppy_Zip_Jaz_Drives&hash=item2eb7e37ff7
(http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1989.0;attach=1447;image)
unless there is another floppy emulator that connects via usb??+