Thanks for the advice chaps - so one can (possibly) retrieve PAL/GAL data...
I have some developing ideas in mind:
Make a new (very simple) 'IDE' board for the Classic Arc based around the Econet connector along the lines of this:
the "classic" simple 8-bit interface
the "schematic"
8-bit IDE for an 8-bit interface hopefully means a simpler design.
Of course these are ZX Spectum specific, but I can't see why the principle would not work with any computer...
...8-bit IDE does mean loosing 1/2 the capacity of the media, but this version
memory mode CF
would get round that problem.
The biggie?
Well, apart from my not really knowing what I'm doing but I think I could dope the hardware out eventually...
...writing/adapting driver software is waaaay beyond me.
And what's this to do with the EAB..? Nothing, sadly.
I'm rambling in public because here there are sympathetic types who are interested in this kind of thing.
It's frustrating that while the Amiga scene is lousy with people who would find such a project trivial to do I don't think I'm up to it (alone). But as far as I can tell I seem to be the only person actively attempting stuff like this with Acorns these days...
P.S.
A 'proof of concept':
More foreign p0rn
An EcoSCSI Interface
All rather more complex that I'm intending but if one can squeeze SCSI through the Econet headers...