there is a 3 1/2 inch bay version now. So there will no need to mod anything as it should go into the existing A1000 bay. I am also curious to see how the work has gone on. I have run the relokick without issue so I don't think the 1000 kick disk should have any issues.
Well, not really since you would have to butcher A1000 front bezel. The 3.5 version is great for mounting in an external case however combined with a boot selector (so the computer boots from external floppy).
The question is: can Kickstart be loaded from the emulator?