Making retro PC add-in cards with Raspberry Pi Pico #RetroComputing #RaspberryPiPico @ianpolpo @FreddyVETELE @yyzkevin
There is a trend to use the Raspberry Pi Pico in designs used to emulate cards for old PCs. The emulation route started with the XTIDE Compact Flash to IDE hard drive card. With the Pico, things have much more capability.
The first was Ian Scott’s PicoGUS used to emulate a Gravis Ultrasound board. See the picture above and the video below.
The second design is the PicoMEM. a PC RPM/RAM/EMS/USB emulator using a Pico and a Micro SD card by Freddy Vetele.
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