> [...non-ancient disk on Unibus machines...]
I'm surely not the only collector who would be willing to pony up
some $$$ for such a project....
I would certainly pony up some $.
I built my own IDE->S-100 interface (with guidance from my amazing friend, Allison P);
it was very easy, hardware-wise.
What makes IDE to Qbus or Unibus interfacing so difficult? There must be reasons,
otherwise it would have been done by now.
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