Purchased a USB Floppy Drive..Having trouble installing?

I'm trying to install, having trouble understanding pdf manuel. Can anyone explain in true laymen terms. I have intel mac and trying to learn the cp language. How do you get the mac to read the floppy when it is inserted?
ALL INFO FROM YOU EXPERTS WILL BE OF GREAT VALUE
Thank you
Lisa

Hi, Lisa.
If you have a USB Floppy Drive, all you need to do is connect it to one of the USB ports on your Mac. Then insert floppy. That's it.
Performance of floppy drives under Mac OS X is notoriously slow compared to under Mac OS 9, but they work. With a Mac, there's no software to install: it's truly plug-and-play with USB floppy drives.
What specific brand and model number of USB floppy drive did you buy?
My wife has a Targus model PA905 external USB floppy drive that works properly with all our Macs and her work PC.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
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