I may have missed this in the thread, but I'll mention it anyway, it is a little known (to PC users) fact that all "modern" Macs can read and write (and even format) floppies and Zips from PCs. Anyway, get youself an old Mac, they are actually fun, lookk for any Power PC that has a CD drive, try and get one with at least 32 Mb of memory (a lot of the older Macs used odd-ball memory that is still very expensive) running at least System 7.5, make sure you get the System CD. You should be able to get one like this for under $100 with a monitor, old Macs use different plugs on the monitors, you can adapt VGA monitors but it is a pain. Your find the operating system very, very easy to use, guess where Bill Gates got all his ideas for Windows! Just remember, drag the disk into the trash can to eject them!