Floppy disc reader/writer status report

\begin{aol-mode} ME TOO! \end{aol-mode} I call it 'Useless Serial Botch'. It's not universal on the grounds I have over 200 computers here and not one of them has a USB interface or can have a USB interface (coversely, well over half have RS232 interfaces, many have or could have SCSi interfaces, etc) It is serial, agreed It is not a bus, at least not electrically. If it was, there'd be no need for hubs. Still, 1 out of 3 is not too bad for moder PC-speak, I guess... My other main boan is that the interface is nowhere near symmetical between the 2 devices. People used to moan about having to have RS232 null-modem cables, but at least for asynchronous operation they were just cables with the right wiring. Linking 2 USB 'slave' devices (say an HP50G calculator to a USB printer or a USB memory stick) is a lot more work, in fact it's probably impreactical. -tony