My mother bought one a few years ago, Designer 1, uses the 3 1/2 inch floppy. Problem is, she can't find any new patterns for it. She doesn't have a computer, but I purchased a external floppy drive with program for my computer, then found some new floppy discs, but never could get it to work. Tried to get help from Viking, they sent me a program I could use, to the tune of $700. Nope, not even for mom. So she's stuck with what she has with no chance of getting better patterns.