Short Take: Imation SuperDisk drive gets USB capability

By Kurt Oeler
Staff Writer, CNET News

Imation and Panasonic will develop a "plug-and-play" version of a floppy drive that accommodates 120MB disks. On the heels of Apple's announcing its universal serial bus-compatible iMac desktop, the two companies said they will come out with a USB SuperDisk drive that can read and write 120MB, 1.44MB, and 720K diskettes in either PC or Macintosh format.The drive is due in August, the same time as the iMac.

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