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To: Moominoid who wrote (13221)	5/9/1998 10:01:00 AM
From: Travis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213177

Wwe have reports of a USB floppy already in development, with the iMac in mind. So can we put the floppy argument to rest? thanks :) -travis

To: Moominoid who wrote (13221)	5/9/1998 1:53:00 PM
From: Zen Dollar Round	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213177

David Stern says: "Apple will not be offering a floppy disk drive configuration or external floppy disk drive for iMac. The floppy served three purposes--first, as a software distribution medium; Today all software comes on CD-ROMs, I just bought a modem - the software came on a floppy. ---- You apparently haven't read earlier posts here detailing the rumored USB devices being developed by Apple, and the one announced yesterday by Panasonic and Imation. Yes, there will likely be no standard 1.4MB 3.5" floppy drive for the iMac, but there will be a much larger capacity super floppy (120MB) that is backward compatible with the older 1.4MB floppies. I was very disheartened to see the lack of a floppy drive as well, until I read about these upcoming USB devices. Let's see what's available when the iMac actually ships, OK?