a much larger and more expensive solution.
Does it matter?
Do you buy Chinese junk tools as well?
It isn't like you're going to buy 100 or even 10 of the things.
If you are just starting out at this, and didn't collect a stash of
old floppy drives you're going to spend a lot more on the drives and
power supply than the imaging board. The same goes for an ISA PC and
floppy controller that supports FM if you want to use Imagedisk.
We're moving out the end of the long tail where even 3.5"
floppies were free for the taking. Ewaste laws haven't helped
the situation any.