IDE PCI controller card with Mediator- anyone tried?

[voytech]

Im just wondering if it's possible to stick an IDE controller card into Mediator? I mean, would it work (are there any drivers for IDE controllers). Wouldn't hdd hooked to that controller be much faster than in 1200s internal IDE??

[voytech]

Karlos wrote:
Digital data stored on a grammophone would be faster than the A1200's bare IDE ;-)

true!  ;-)
but whatabout that ide pci card..

[voytech]

patrik wrote:
Is it possible to get programming documentation for the Mediators from Elbox?

I don't think so..(but might be wrong) Someone verify?

[voytech]

Ok, and what bout with linux drivers for such controllers??
Wouldn't it be much easier to write new one based on the linux drivers (IE cnet.device)?