ADF -> "real Amiga": Do I need a HDD?

[olegil]

I built this device for my A500: http://aminet.back2roots.org/pub/aminet/hard/hack/a500ide.readme

Plugged in a 540MB hd and parnet to my A1200 (could easily be replaced with a serial connection to a PC) and then I can just copy over anything I want. Seems my A1200's floppydrive suddenly started working again, which made everything a lot easier...