NSI5922 wrote on 2024-08-01, 09:56:
Hi! I have this FDD, it says YD 480 on the label, but YD 380 on the motor. I also couldn't find any pictures of this FDD, looks like it was made in India by "Larsen and Toubro Limited" under the license of Y-E Data. Does anyone know what model is it?
Original YD-380 had a bigger PCB with many more THT chips. It was revised at least once since many IBM drives for XT already have some SMD parts and shorter, cheaper PCB. I would guess 480 was yet another revision but with a new model number this time, possibly also to allow licenced production. Both are HD drives with most parts being compatible so the stepper motor would be indentical in both. So I'd say it's a 480.
And then Y-E made the more common YD-380B which uses even smaller and cheaper to make PCB.