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> Could a usb floppy drive work?

I don't have one. What kind of device interface do USB floppy drives use, and does Windows XP have drivers? I highly doubt it (edit: others have pointed out that they use USB-FDD mode and is supported by Windows XP, so yes.).

The reason I don't have one is that although I have floppy drives, but I cannot find a single working blank floppy anymore... A floppy emulator that uses an SD card and the identical floppy interface should have better compatibility (but without the convenience of Plug & Play like USB), and you don't have to find a source of working floppy.



That's a brilliant idea. I didn't realize that existed, but it seems so obvious after you said it.


Consider the huge number of legacy industrial systems that are still using floppies today, the existence of floppy emulators is not a coincidence.


You could even use a mobile phone or something like Raspberry Pi (Zero or 4) as a USB gadget to emulate floppy drive.




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