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title: A hard disk for your 8-bit Atari
date: '2026-09-25'
author: yann64
banner: /media/magazine/articles/13/sio2ide_1.jpg
summary: A magazine article explains how to connect an IDE drive to an Atari 8-bit computer.
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The magazine section is being restored along with the museum. One of the recovered articles is a step-by-step guide to [SIO2IDE](/magazine/sio2ide-or-how-to-install-a-hard-disk-in-your-8-bit-atari/), an interface that lets an 8-bit Atari use an IDE hard disk.

The article keeps its original photos, so you can follow the build from the bare board to the finished installation.