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Acorn AND01 100K Floppy Disc Drive

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Acorn AND01 100K Floppy Disc Drive front

Acorn AND01 100K Floppy Disc Drive (front)

Acorn AND01 100K Floppy Disc Drive right side

Acorn AND01 100K Floppy Disc Drive (right)

Acorn AND01 100K Floppy Disc Drive back

Acorn AND01 100K Floppy Disc Drive (back)

Acorn AND01 100K Floppy Disc Drive opn

Acorn AND01 Floppy Disc Drive with top cover removed.

The Acorn AND01 100K Floppy Disc Drive is a single sided 40 track 5¼" drive. It is an Olivetti OPE FD501 which is the same disc drive used in the Atom Disc Pack. The serial number is 04-D01-006196. Acorn sold the disc interface and DFS separately from the disc drive.

Acorn also made the AND02 twin double sided 80 track 5¼" drive. These were the only floppy disc drives that Acorn produced for the BBC Micro, other suppliers rapidly started producing their own branded disc drives.

Here is the Acorn product brochure AMP03 The BBC Microcomputer Disc Storage System .