I came across two external drives today, first is a USB2 CD-RW from goodwill for $6. Normally they have no computer stuff, but I found it in the bottom of a bin with the original cables. It's really speedy and seems to read and write discs with no problem, and the case is rubberized. The other drive I got is a USB floppy drive, which is something I've been after for ages but not for the going price ($30). This one belonged to a friend of my mother who ended up never using it. According to the paper it works with pretty much everything, OSX, OS8.6+, windows, linux, etc. Finally I have a good way to make floppies for old computers without digging out an old clunker.