Another disk imaging project

Hi Guys, I'm really getting fed-up with the limitations of the PC floppy disk controller. Here's another idea I've had on the back-burner for quite some time, I've mentioned to a couple of you during private correspondance, but here it is for open discussion. The idea is to make a small single-board computer with a microcontroller, a WD2793 or similar floppy disk controller, enough memory to buffer a few tracks, and a high-speed serial port for communication with the PC. The board would have connectors for 5.25"/3" drives and 8" drives, and would properly interface to all drive types. Firmware would be developed to provide read/format/write/analysis capabilities around the more powerful WD chip. Images would be transferred via the serial connection to and from the PC. This should allow us to archive soft-sector formats that are not compatible with the PC, and also to perform these functions under virtually any PC environment. I just haven't had time to design and build the board ... anyone else interested in working together on such a project? Regards, Dave -- dave04a (at) Dave Dunfield dunfield (dot) Firmware development services & tools: www.dunfield.com com Collector of vintage computing equipment: http://www.parse.com/~ddunfield/museum/index.html