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novice - 29 Jun 2005 04:36 GMT

I am hoping that this program will let me download (pc only) info from
a website into a PC external floppy drive attached through a USB port
on my mac. Will it? I have a 1.8 ghz dual processor powerpc G5 with
1.5 gb ram operating with OS X v10.3.9. Other info from someone who
might understand what I am trying to do... I have a Husqvarna Viking
Designer I sewing machine that uses PC floppys for embroidery designs
and I would like to expand my collection.

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Helpful Harry - 29 Jun 2005 07:19 GMT

> I am hoping that this program will let me download (pc only) info from
> a website into a PC external floppy drive attached through a USB port
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> Designer I sewing machine that uses PC floppys for embroidery designs
> and I would like to expand my collection.

You should be able to download the files on the Mac and then copy them
onto a Windows formatted floppy disk for use in the sewing machine.
There's zero expense and would be well worth trying before
unnecessarily wasting money on Virtual PC.

The only fly in the soup is that I don't use Mac OS X, so I'm not sure
if it can handle Windows floppy disks in the USB drives ... it SHOULD
be able to, but who's knows with Steve Jobs' personal crusade to ban
floppy disks. :o\ You may have to download extra driver software
first. Maybe someone else here knows for certain.

Helpful Harry
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)

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Bill Leeper - 29 Jun 2005 15:05 GMT

>>I am hoping that this program will let me download (pc only) info from
>>a website into a PC external floppy drive attached through a USB port
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> Helpful Harry
> Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)

I use a USB floppy drive on my Mac just for DOS formatted floppy disks.
It works just fine and Windows has no problems reading the disks. You
can even format a floppy with a DOS format if you want to.

Bill

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Helpful Harry - 30 Jun 2005 07:35 GMT

> >>I am hoping that this program will let me download (pc only) info from
> >>a website into a PC external floppy drive attached through a USB port
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> It works just fine and Windows has no problems reading the disks. You
> can even format a floppy with a DOS format if you want to.

Thanks for the confirmation. That would definitely be worth a try
before spending out money on something you don't really need. :o)

Helpful Harry
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)

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Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / June 2005

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