[P1] SLOW floppy drive

[Donald Keenan]

On Thursday, March 20, 2003, at 05:27 PM, Guy McMickle wrote:

> List,
>
> I have a VST USB floppy drive that operates EXTREMELY slow.  The 
> specific model is the one that came with color kit.  I know VST has 
> been bought out, and their web page says the driver is built into the 
> operating system, but this operation is horribly slow.  Is it just this 
> specific model floppy drive, or are all USB floppies affected by this?  
> My system is an iBook 500Mhz running 10.2.  Thanks!
>
> -Guy McMickle
>
>

I used my SmartDisk VST floppy (titanium) ONCE and only then. Slow, yes. 
Driver built in , yes.
What freaked me out was that my iMac wouldn't shutdown with it plugged 
in and I just got a blue screen.
I haven't used it since.