On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:30:49 -0700, "Anthony K."
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In article ,
Franc Zabkar wrote:


SMSC had a USB bridge chip (USB97CFDC2-01) that supported "640K, 720K,
1.44M, 1.2M Windows 98 J, and 1.2M NEC DOS 6.x Formats":

It could be worth exploring. Thanks, Franc. The worst case scenario, I
end up with another shiny new vintage computer. I was told elsewhere
that I might have luck if I track down a first gen USB 3.5" floppy
because it might also contain the logic for a 5.25". There's some
possibilities yet.

FWIW, I found this NEC USB floppy drive (model UF0002):
http://support.necam.com/oem/specs/UF0002.pdf

Data Transfer Rate 500/300/250 kByte/s
Capacity 1.44/1.25/0.72 MByte
Disks 3.5" Micro Floppy Disks
Spindle Speed 300 U/min
Voltage DC + 5.25 V + 4.4 V, 500 mA

I don't understand how you can get a data transfer rate of 300
kByte/s, or to which capacity it applies.

- Franc Zabkar
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