HP 9895A 8'' Floppy Drive - Problem

[Paul Berger (Canada)]

(12-17-2019 09:59 PM)Michael Fehlhammer Wrote:  I've got a 9895A dual eight inch HPIB floppy drive with a non-working second drive; my technician says that the problem definitely is a defective read head ( of head 1 in drive 1; drive 0 is working).
Therefore I am desperately searching for that spare part (read/write head). I know that these drives are rare and spare parts for them even rarer, but who knows ... maybe someone has got the part, or can name a source; I would offer some attractive other piece of vintage electronics for trade.

You might be better off searching for a whole new drive. The drives in the 9895 use a standard 50 pin interface so they will work with most 8" drives. I am running a pair of Seagate half-high drives off a 9895 controller card for my pseudo 9895 and I have not encountered any issues.

Paul.