Re: TEAC's planned USB Floppy Drive
Zead -
Sounds like a great solution to a problem nobody has. I would love to make this announcement comprehensible, but I can't, because I don't get it myself.
It looks like they are talking about a standard 1.44MB floppy drive designed to be attached to a USB port.
Every computer made has a floppy controller built in. USB (Universal Serial Bus) is designed to make all kinds of peripherals, such as scanners, keyboards, joysticks, Zip drives, dog polishers, etc., easier to connect to the computer. With USB, supposedly, you'll be able to connect all your devices in a big daisy chain, adding and removing devices at will. You're supposed to not even have to reboot the computer when you add a device. The system will simply see the new device and automatically enable it.
Let's leave aside my doubts that this will work as painlessly as that.
Why would anyone need to connect a floppy drive to a USB chain? Doesn't everyone already have a floppy drive?
But wait, maybe this device would be useful for those new computers that come with a Zip drive, but no floppy. Yes, that must be it. People who need them will just buy el cheapo external floppy drives, and attach them via the USB port.
Personally, I think it's screwy.
- Allen |
