What is Epson SMD 480 drive? 360k or 720k?

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What is Epson SMD 480 drive? 360k or 720k?

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My 520 is fitted with an Eson SMD480 floppy drive is this the single sided or the double sided version. Other than saying that they are used in some Ataris I cann't find any technical details on the drive. I presume that it was an OEM variant produced for Atari.

Please advise / ideally provide URL to technical documentation.

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Re: What is Epson SMD 480 drive? 360k or 720k?

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As a general rule, if it is the long button type, then chances are could be a single sided drive. If it is the short button drive , then ( to my knowledge) there hasn't been any single sided versions.

You can always just simply check, shine a torch through the floppy flap and see if it has two heads or not. Really you should remove the cover and clean the heads anyway.

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