Finishing things up for #PicoIDE and it just about saturates the IDE bus in MWDMA mode 2. I’m pretty happy with this! It tests as fast as a 74x CD-rom drive which means there’s a bit more headroom in that mode but that could be the CPU on this K6-2 system being a bottleneck.

OpenTendo-Twin, an open source recreation of the Sharp Twin Famicom (A Famicom with a Famicom Disk System built in) is in the final stages before release. The highlighted nets are all that are left, testing and then release should happen quite soon.

Ringing in the new year with a great addition to the BlueSCSI family: Introducing BlueSCSI Ultra!

I have been able to keep the original Lego power switch mechanism by changing only a few tiny things. I'm super happy with v0.4.2 of the housing. It might be PCB order time

Added the USB C PCB edge connector to the DSPico cart to replace the micro USB port. I'll see how it goes and then fork it. All credit to github.com/AnasMalas/pc... and github.com/LNH-team/dsp...

I'm not 100% sure when the video will be out, but I managed to collect some latency data for the NSO Gamecube controller. I need to start collecting more samples. Up until now, I was collecting around 2000 samples, but with this controller I captured 5000.

Controller modding is just so much fun: here are some gorgeous Alpakkas to make your day better! 😊🎮 Thanks to our amazing community! ❤ ➡More examples: inputlabs.io/contribute/g... 🔥 #Gaming #GamingController #GameControllers How will your Alpakka look like? 😉

Are you ready? Next, the Alpakka 2: the performance of a mouse and the convenience of a controller.😎 The only open-source gaming controller designed for gyro technology. The first of its kind: quad-gyro and ultra-low latency. #Gaming #GamingController #GameControllers ➡ inputlabs.io/alpakka_2

Beta test!

After 6 years working on BlueRetro, the time has come for me to move on and focus on my family and my real job. Thank you to everyone who contributed, tested, reported issues, or supported the project over the years. Your involvement made BlueRetro what it is today.

I've been really struggling this week buuuuut I got my home made screen in the build

And they tried to tell me it shouldn’t be done! But behold! The #Cuboid! It’s rocking both the GCLoader and the Dual. And also, it’s shorter! SD card smartly tucks in the back above the optional handle.

What’s the best GameBoy Color screen in the year of our lord 2025?

Gave the status screen of #PicoIDE a bit of a refresh.

Actually we’re not gaming because I can’t get the driver to work 😭

UGREEN HDMI 2.1 switches on sale again! (Affiliate link) amzn.to/48aVyqm

Now we are gaming!!!

8BitDo 64 Bluetooth Controller for Analogue 3D (Grey) up for preorder on 8BitDo ($44.99) buff.ly/9mq4Rk7

8BitDo DIY controller kits are on sale on their website for Black Friday (non affiliate link): shop.8bitdo.com/collections/...

It's official! #PicoIDE, the open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator I've been working on for the better part of this year, will be launching at Crowd Supply! Go there to sign up for updates and to be notified when the campaign is live: www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...

Who says I don’t collect physical media?

My Unraid NAS gets a little upgrade today

Fixed the black line, wiring skill issue 🙄

BlueSCSI 🤝 PicoIDE Welcome to the truly open hardware & open source retro storage revolution. We've worked together to make this awesome front panel work in both PicoIDE and BlueSCSI.

Still dicking around with the FlippyDrive / RetroGEM GC mount. I have like 6 different versions now of GC rear I/O panels so I'm combining them and adding punch outs for I/O stuff thats not being used.

Are you ready for #PicoIDE? It seems to be telling me it's ready. Coming soon: ATAPI optical disc emulation and IDE hard drive emulation. picoide.com

The Jaguar 64BP is now available! Smear is for bagels, not the beloved Atari Jaguar! ko-fi.com/s/0cb73b9ecf

coming soon 😉 - picoide.com (image made at homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/f...)

@sharkabytes.bsky.social posted about The Dig's soundtrack earlier today, which made me feel like firing the game up on the PicoIDE (coming soon 😉) - this really takes me back!

Me working on PicoIDE, my IDE emulator, on @davesvinappletech.bsky.social's Sunday livestream while wearing a banana costume, as one does.

My weekend project was trying out #PicoIDE on my Amiga 1200. It mostly works, just needs a few tweaks. Thanks to the Amiga community who knows this machine way better than I do!

Pre-orders are live! 🚀 Project Stellar Plus - a complete redesign with built-in Wi-Fi, wireless controller support powered by BlueRetro, and faster hardware. Reserve yours now: makemhz.com/products/pro... Already own Stellar? Grab the new Wireless Upgrade Kit here: makemhz.com/products/pro...

I need new tiny tweezers because these ones suck, what should I get?

I've spent the last two years developing firmware and software for a WS/WSC/PCv2 flash/development cartridge. Now, it has finally been announced and will be sold by 49bitcat in Germany. Sales start November 24th! Learn more here: 49bitcat.com/news/2025-10...

We’re excited to announce Project Stellar Plus - a complete redesign with built-in Wi-Fi, wireless controller support, and faster hardware. 🚀 makemhz.com/blogs/news/p...

This bastard is the rare “ATX Form Card” that gives certain PCChips Baby AT motherboards PS/2 mouse and USB ports. Without this card, my PCChips M726 motherboard was functionally unusable with Windows. I’d like to reverse engineer so it can be made freely available!

I've been waiting for an inexpensive but good HDMI 2.1 switch for a while now. How well does this UGREEN HDMI 2.1 switch stack up? Find out in today's video! Thanks to @pcbwayofficial.bsky.social for sponsoring this video! Links below 🔽

You can now sign up if you would like to be notified when the kits drop on my site: nataliethenerd.com/products/bri... Note: its my policy that I don't send any bs marketing emails, so you will ONLY ever get a stock email.

If you’ve been looking for an inexpensive HDMI 2.1 switch, this UGREEN one is pretty good. I’ve been testing it for the past week, and I’m working on a video review still. But it’s on sale still so I’m dropping an affiliate link: amzn.to/438eSTk

Cows

Been awhile since I’ve had this thing out

Fuck Halloween, I’m making a Lego wreath

Stellar + ?

Fixing NEC's mistake... A new product from Retro Access! Introducing a 90 degree full DIN 8 270 for the PC Engine Duo and TurboDuo. This is a simple, clean cable management solution for an RGB modded Duo, such as when using the fantastic @voultar.com DuoRGB upgrade. Link below.

I’m getting some positive vibes from the retro community lately. It’s important to do what you can to build people up around you, even if it’s just a like or a positive comment. Everybody is just doing their best!

Updated the Genesis boards to add 32X compatibility! I don't have a 32X to try - I applied these changes with the help of agi from my discord, who also added OSCR support for the boards in the 1st place - so this won't be an official release until someone can try them out github.com/MouseBiteLab...

Bluesky exclusive

Minor update to the Neptune PCB, mostly to better support more donor revisions. Focus of the next release will be attempting to simplify and improve composite video. github.com/Board-Folk/N...