Date   : Tue, 30 Nov 2010 03:09:34 +1100
From   : station240@... (paul aslin)
Subject: Harddisc fakery using a microcontroller

> Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:48:41 +0000
> From: jim@...
> To: bbc-micro@...
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Harddisc fakery using a microcontroller
> 
>   I repaired a lot of PC's in the ST506 era and i can't ever remember a 
> disc interface built into a motherboard, it was always on a ISA card.

Yes but the entire Archimedes first generation had either ST506, SCSI or
nothing on the motherboard. Its not untill the A5000 that IDE was standard.

Sure you can install a podule card, if you can find one that is. Odds are
its not going to be cheap.