On Sun, 03 Mar 2019 22:41:58 -0800, Spare Change
wrote:

Hello, and I was the OP on this. I subsequently solved my dilemma with
a replacement flat belt from Suburban Electronics. They have quite a
selection of these small drive belts and at very reasonable prices.
Shipping cost is somewhat less reasonable. Sincerely,

JB,
why not replace the disk drive with one of these? ::

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...=thumb+dri ve
++3.5"+floppy+drive+emulator%2Csimulator&_sacat=0 &LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_od
kw=thumb+drive++3.5"+floppy+drive+%28emu

It eliminates the diskette altogether and instead you use a USB flash drive
“memory stick” to move songs to your computer.

These USB floppy drive replacements are drop-in, plug-in replacements with
apparently no fuss.

I have a "real" floppy drive that plugs into a USB port.
I needed it to install Windows Server 2003 on a Sunfire server.