On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 07:58:29 -0800 (PST), Baz <boogybaz@gmail.com>
wrote:

>Is it possible that the USB Floppy drive is incompatible?

It certainly is.

Unfortunately, most USB diskette drives on the market have an ID in
their EPROM that a system's BIOS will parse as a hard disk or a
removable hard disk (Zip, etc), not as a diskette drive.

Not surprisingly, Teac is the best choice for compatibility.

There are several companies out there (Targus is one) who re-brand
Teacs. Mitsumi and Sony drives are also a good bet.

The easiest way to see what kind of drive it really is...is to hook it
up to a running machine and see what comes up on its console or device
manager.

--Alan DePietro
Systems Engineer
Seneca Data Distributors