Mr Atari's
MyIDE
Well the long-awaited
Atari 8-bit IDE hard drive interface kit has
been shipped the last week of October. As
mentioned a few months back, "Mr Atari"
Sijmen Schouten had developed an IDE interface
that could be built following his instructions
on his web site. He also provided the software
to make this interface work.
![[Photo: MyIDE production PCB]](images/pic1.jpg)
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MyIDE
production PCB.
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Sijmen took
this idea and had professional IDE interface
PCBs manufactured for sale.
This interface
can be used inside an Atari XE cartridge or
built into your Atari 8-bit unit.
![[Photo: Atari XE blank cartridge]](images/pic2.jpg)
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Atari
XE blank cartridge.
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Here's what
you get in the MyIDE kit version.
- PCB with
chips on board.
- 3.5 inch
floppy disk with software and drivers.
- 5.25 inch
floppy disks with a master disk and a driver
disk.
- Internal
cable and ribbon cable for internal installation.
- Several
sets of written instructions covering:
- How
to make the XE cart to install the PCB
into.
- How
to install the PCB inside the Atari
8-bit.
- Manual
on how to set up your hard drive using
this interface and drivers.
- Manual
on how to use the software provided.
![[Photo: MyIDE PCB kit]](images/pic3.jpg)
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MyIDE
IDE PCB kit.
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I don't want
to beat a horse to death, but I think this is
a very professional kit, and can be very useful
to anyone wanting to add a hard drive to that
old Atari 8-bit system.
I just got the
kit so I'll spend this month using this kit
to do an install and will let you know how it
worked out next month.
del@myatari.co.uk
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