Tecra 8000 & USB disks

Hello,
Is it possible to use a USB disk (data and/or audio) with the Tecra 8000? USB disks didn't exist when i first bought the laptop but floppy disks as you all know.
I've tried but the message "unable to find a drive " or something like that pops up.
Thank you for your help.
Dino

Hi Dino
I dont have this oldie but I do not see any problem there. in the whole story important is data transfer speed. Older notebooks have USB1.1 and it is much slower that new USB 2.0 standard.

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