It is not a rumor or vaporware, this is actually a re-rommed Rana 1000 that now supports read/write AND format in Ultraspeed in all three densities. Whoda thunk it!
I had a rana systems elite one for the apple 2e. I loved all the weird noises it made. Sometimes it would make very loud, angry sounds if it was struggling with something. 😄 I miss that drive!
The roms for the Rana depend on the type of Ran you have. There were three distinct versions of the logic using three different CPU's. I can burn the roms for you. Cost maybe ten bucks for the chips and get them to you. Hit me up on Atariage.com.