Floppy to USB converter

By Gabriel on Jan. 29, 2012

Hi everyone.
Is anybody familiar or have had experience with the Floppy to USB converters for embroidery machines?
Pros and cons.
What is the difference?, I have seen them online from $29 all the way to $300.

Submitted by dgeorge on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 07:35

my advice is plrelectronics.com USB net product.
is not 20$ is ten time more but you can thrust .
i used for Chinese and Tajima machines and are OK.
this device replace FDD and you can use an USB stik.
you have also many facilities .
you can read it on ww.plrelectronics.com

Submitted by Gilligan on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 10:41

I believe the price is solely based on the market it is destined for.

Same devices (how many are truly manufactured?)

Sold for $40k embroidery machine (now worth $5k) = $250
Sold for $1k musical keyboard (now worth $300) = $25

I'd rather do trial and error with 3 or 4 $25 dollar ones than get it right at $250 (I'm willing to bet you'd get it right on first or second try.)

"you don't need a hook for the worms to dance."

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Submitted by Sulp on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 10:41

I'm in the market for a USB converter and have done a lot of research. Simply put, they work great! Plug and play and nothing to change or update in the software. It fools the computer into thinking it is still reading a floppy. But it's faster and reliable. I can't stand load errors with bad floppy disks.

Submitted by Gilligan on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 10:43

Sulp wrote:
I'm in the market for a USB converter and have done a lot of research. Simply put, they work great! Plug and play and nothing to change or update in the software. It fools the computer into thinking it is still reading a floppy. But it's faster and reliable. I can't stand load errors with bad floppy disks.

What model did you end up using?

"you don't need a hook for the worms to dance."

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