I really do not know if I can replace the disc drive. I suppose I could but it works and writes to 1.4 floppy which is enough for file transfer at present. There are various drives associated with the LS 120. Here is a quote:
"SuperDisk drives have been sold in parallel port, USB, ATAPI and SCSI variants. All drives can read and write 1.44 MB and 720 KiB MFM floppies, as used on PCs, Apple Macintoshes (High Density format only, see below), and many workstations. 2.88 MB floppy formats are not supported."
I do not think that the OS will support USB mass storage anywhere, but I thought I would ask.
The machine is built upon one of several old motherboards, I do not know right now which motherboard I have. The unit I have has a SSD that was partitioned and installed as a replacement for the old small HD.
I have not looked inside to see if there are any available slots left on the motherboard, I think there are free slots. I was also wondering if there was a device that would enable me to use a slot to use an adapter to use a USB for mass storage. I do not know if this is practical with the Windows 98 FE.
Please excuse my ignorance in these matters, any suggestions would be welcome.
I may try a dongle to see if I can connect to my home network.
There are lots of older radio and test equipment units built on old PC motherboards. As far as I can gather, the software used to run the equipment usually cannot be changed much because of the interface with the "hybrid" components. Today the pieces of test equipment are smaller and more integrated, one of my slightly newer Agilent/Keysight units runs on Linux. I can modify the boot/upgrade disc in ASCI format. It also has USB ports that are useless.
I have a "modem" that is installed on an old IBM PC motherboard. It is a radio modem used for shortwave communication. I am unable to get it to work partially because of my lack of knowledge and partially because it is so unusual and information is scarce.
Anyway back to the point, Is there a way to install another board that would enable me to use some sort of USB mass storage?
Thanks for all of your responses.
Wally