[Coco] usb floppy drives?

[alsplace at pobox.com]

Question:  Can a 1.44MB USB floppy drive read/write a 720K disk?  I 
assume it can, and if so, electronically a 3.5" drive looked just like 
a 5 1/4" drive -- you could swap them back and forth with the right 
cables.  So, that makes me think it would be possible.

If there is a "standard" for things like USB keyboards, mice, floppy 
drives, etc., a USB interface for the CoCo sure would be nice too.  But 
if they all require custom and different drivers...  Blah.  Threeor so 
years ago Steve Bjork was looking into the possibility of a USB CoCo 
interface, but I don't know how far he got with it.  I imagine chipsets 
have evolved quite a bit since then.

    -- A