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USB Floppy Drives and 800K Disks

Tempest

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Maybe this has been answered before, but is it possible to use a USB floppy drive connected to a G3 iMac to create 800K disks for use on older Macs?  I'm going to guess no since it doesn't have the variable motor, but I wasn't sure if software could overcome that.  By create disks I mean use things like DiskDup to turn image files into bootable floppy disks.  

 
Clearly no, the USB floppy drives around will not be able to cope with that.

better found a powerbook for cheap to do that.

 
Oh I have a Beige G3 Tower I use for that.  I was just hoping I could put it away and use the iMac, but I guess not.

 
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