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ATAboy
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ATAboy

ATAboy is a user-friendly bridge that allows legacy CHS only style IDE (PATA) hard drives to be connected to a modern computer as a standard USB Mass Storage device.

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REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

What to know before exploring

What it is

ATAboy is a user-friendly bridge that allows legacy CHS only style IDE (PATA) hard drives to be connected to a modern computer as a standard USB Mass Storage device.

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by hour2 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2026-02-21 00:18:31 UTC to 2026-02-21 13:50:02 UTC.

012026-02-21 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-02-21 01:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsFeb 21, 00:002026-02-21 01:00:00 UTC to 2026-02-21 02:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-02-21 02:00:00 UTC to 2026-02-21 03:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-02-21 03:00:00 UTC to 2026-02-21 04:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-02-21 04:00:00 UTC to 2026-02-21 05:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-02-21 05:00:00 UTC to 2026-02-21 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-02-21 06:00:00 UTC to 2026-02-21 07:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsFeb 21, 06:002026-02-21 07:00:00 UTC to 2026-02-21 08:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-02-21 08:00:00 UTC to 2026-02-21 09:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-02-21 09:00:00 UTC to 2026-02-21 10:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-02-21 10:00:00 UTC to 2026-02-21 11:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-02-21 11:00:00 UTC to 2026-02-21 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-02-21 12:00:00 UTC to 2026-02-21 13:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-02-21 13:00:00 UTC to 2026-02-21 14:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsFeb 21, 13:00

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Feb 21, 00:002026-02-21 00:00:00 UTC2026-02-21 01:00:00 UTC110
Feb 21, 01:002026-02-21 01:00:00 UTC2026-02-21 02:00:00 UTC000
Feb 21, 02:002026-02-21 02:00:00 UTC2026-02-21 03:00:00 UTC000
Feb 21, 03:002026-02-21 03:00:00 UTC2026-02-21 04:00:00 UTC000
Feb 21, 04:002026-02-21 04:00:00 UTC2026-02-21 05:00:00 UTC000
Feb 21, 05:002026-02-21 05:00:00 UTC2026-02-21 06:00:00 UTC000
Feb 21, 06:002026-02-21 06:00:00 UTC2026-02-21 07:00:00 UTC000
Feb 21, 07:002026-02-21 07:00:00 UTC2026-02-21 08:00:00 UTC000
Feb 21, 08:002026-02-21 08:00:00 UTC2026-02-21 09:00:00 UTC000
Feb 21, 09:002026-02-21 09:00:00 UTC2026-02-21 10:00:00 UTC000
Feb 21, 10:002026-02-21 10:00:00 UTC2026-02-21 11:00:00 UTC000
Feb 21, 11:002026-02-21 11:00:00 UTC2026-02-21 12:00:00 UTC000
Feb 21, 12:002026-02-21 12:00:00 UTC2026-02-21 13:00:00 UTC000
Feb 21, 13:002026-02-21 13:00:00 UTC2026-02-21 14:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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rep_lodsb·Feb 21, 2026
Seems to me from reading the deleted text file[1] like the author[2] used an LLM to get feedback on how to improve their own code. That isn't at all what "vibe-coding" usually means, and I say that as a complete AI hater myself. Or do you have some "smoking gun" evidence? I think the setup screen is a really nice touch and not something an AI would come up with. [1] https://github.com/redruM0381/ATAboy/commit/4e55223acd1c8cdc... [2] or someone else? it keeps using the phrase "your friend"
In ATAboy is a USB adapter for legacy CHS only style IDE (PATA) drives

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