PicoIDE An open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for vintage computers

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Post by helfire » Thu, Jan 29, 2026, 9:33 PM UTC

PicoIDE An open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for vintage computers
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Re: PicoIDE An open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for vintage computers

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Post by rasz » Fri, Jan 30, 2026, 4:40 AM UTC

Im so happy for Polpo. Started as a janky Raspberry Pi 3 connected with a ribbon cable to ISA https://github.com/polpo/pigus, then PicoGUS https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=88440, and now its Polpotronics, a real business making great stuff for retro enthusiasts.

Re: PicoIDE An open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for vintage computers

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Post by polpo » Fri, Jan 30, 2026, 5:30 PM UTC

rasz wrote: post #2

Im so happy for Polpo. Started as a janky Raspberry Pi 3 connected with a ribbon cable to ISA https://github.com/polpo/pigus , then PicoGUS https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=88440 , and now its Polpotronics, a real business making great stuff for retro enthusiasts.

Thank you - you're the first one who suggested that implementing GUS on a Pico w/ PSRAM was a possibility. :)

Re: PicoIDE An open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for vintage computers

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Post by rasz » Sun, Feb 01, 2026, 5:33 AM UTC

polpo wrote: post #3

rasz wrote: post #2

Im so happy for Polpo. Started as a janky Raspberry Pi 3 connected with a ribbon cable to ISA https://github.com/polpo/pigus , then PicoGUS https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=88440 , and now its Polpotronics, a real business making great stuff for retro enthusiasts.

Thank you - you're the first one who suggested that implementing GUS on a Pico w/ PSRAM was a possibility. :)

https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1078867#p1078867 might be my best Vogons post ever, not only did I suggest rp2040 with PSRAM for GUS emulation, but also already predicted PicoIDE in it :]