> Actually floppy drives ARE supported, just not the internal one. If > you'd really like to use a floppy, you'll need to get a USB card and > then pick up an external USB floppy drive. > > I agree that the USB card is a very useful addition. This gives you > the option of adding USB keyboards and mice, digital still cameras, > modern USB printers and the like as well as the pen drive or a floppy. > It'll make that G3 a pretty modern machine. All for the 10 buck for > the card. SmartDisk sell a USB floppy drive for around $30.00 that > work just great. They're sold at Walmart, or at least were as recently > as a few months ago. Personally, unless you're in a big rush, I'd > watch SmartDisk's site. They put up some refurbished floppy drives > from time to time that are pretty cheap. I bought one for around $10 a > few months ago. > I checked Walmart very slim pickins I installed a internal zip, and will wait until I can get a usb card and a external floppy.
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