HP 9895A 8'' Floppy Drive - Problem

[Michael Fehlhammer]

Hello Paul,

thank you for these good news, I would never have thought that there could be some compatibility among these old 8 inch drives.

But which details I will have to pay attention to?

First, I need a double sided drive of course (I saw 1S drives relatively often).

And then: For example, my 9895A is configured for 230V / 50 Hz. Now I see floppy drives offered on Ebay which are labelled "60Hz 115V", what I don't understand; I thought 24V DC are supplied to the drive, transformation is done outside in the 9895A controller?

And what about the eject mechanism? I found that one on Ebay Europe:
8 inch Floppy.
Apart from the high price: It is a full-size drive, but looks very different on the front side, and I doubt that it can be modified to use the 9895A front door?
I guess you don't use the 9895A housing any more, just the electronics.
Unfortunately, as a collector I am not only interested in functionality ...