I've got a whole bunch of blank 800k floppies, in addition to an external Apple 800k disk drive, which I use for my Plus.
Thanks for the info. At this point, I am more concerned about those faulty chips. Assuming I purchase the III, I will attempt this. There's probably an unwanted Apple II lying around at my high school. I received a working Amiga 2000HD from one of the guys at the ICT department, so anything is possible if I put the word out.