PhilsComputerLab has released a video highlighting the CD-ROM emulation feature of #PicoGUS! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkzH...

The original 3dfx Voodoo was fast, sure. But what was it REALLY capable of? Turns out, FAR more than most people knew! youtu.be/C4295RCp0GQ

Found some very colourful laetiporus mushrooms on a hike 🍄 #fungifriends

SilverStone has officially announced another retro design PC case: the FLP02 mid-tower: www.gdm.or.jp/pressrelease...

I have an ITE IT8212 PCI raid card that was dead, I reflashed it tonight and it's back in business. So for no apparent reason, let's see if I can do a RAID 0 - 4x Compact Flash array and get it to boot.

So it turns out I may need to replace this RAM and possibly another chip on the opposite side of the PCB. And boy, does the “I don’t have the equipment for this” feeling hit hard.

Last night I pulled off my most delicate micro-bodge yet. I'm powering DVDD on the RP2350 externally and left some VREG pins floating that I shouldn't have. Soldering to the edges of the pads on the 0.4mm QFN wasn't too bad under magnification. The bad part was dealing with the tiny lengths of wire

Wait, what?

You might think this is overkill for DOS game music, but you’d be wrong

One day you just mind your business. Next day… you acquire an engraving tool and grind down RAM on an AGP video card.

In collaboration with id Software, we're excited to announce the definitive re-release of Heretic + Hexen — available NOW on all platforms! 💥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqH3...

Oh hey! Looks like Hackaday covered PicoGUS adding CD-ROM emulation. One minor issue in the article - sound cards having CD-ROM drive interfaces was extremely common in the days before ATAPI took over.

With @polpo.org 's latest 3.x firmware, the PicoGUS is able to emulate a CD-ROM drive! Using ISO and BIN/CUE images on a USB stick, it eliminates yet another unreliable component with moving parts in a retro PC. Join me today as I take this new feature for a spin! youtu.be/08IPnmvuatw

After being extremely cryptic about the new hardware project I'm working on in my last "photo of my monitor" post, here's a hopefully less cryptic one. Now that more things are working, here's a clue that is hopefully a little more obvious about what it is:

The PicoGUS is such an amazing piece of technology that @polpo.org has developed. I want to get one working in my custom wood/glass SBC 486 with external enameled wire ISA bus. Let's poke it with the oscilloscope Saturday at noon eastern to figure out what the problem is. youtube.com/live/q7gv79i...

#PicoGUS firmware v3.1.0 is released. It adds the ability to load a CD image by name and has *many* fixes for cd image listing and loading. github.com/polpo/picogu...

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Super excited to give this a try! Awesome work @polpo.org 🍻

This is wonderful insanity... When your ARM powered Acorn RISC PC can have a second 486 DX4 100MHz CPU and run Windows 95 in its own window. Retro computing is so exciting dabbling with these things it truly is!

It's been ages but I finally posted a new YouTube video. Join me as I take an in-depth look at Edro and Leo's brand new MK1869 ISA sound card! This thing ticks off all the right boxes ✅ youtu.be/9bYEq0KIykg

I was traveling for a week and intended to work on CDROM support for #PicoGUS while on the road but forgot the charger for my Pocket386, whoops. Now I'm home. Back in the day I liked how the opening FMV in Return to Zork called back to the original text adventures while saying LOOK AT OUR CD POWER

Say hi to weirdly long capacitor.

This weekend I’m polishing up CDROM emulation on PicoGUS and verified that it works in Windows 98. Once I figure out a nice way to switch disc images and make a utility for it I will release a new firmware version.

Working on trying to fix a Voodoo3 3000 PCI I got in a lot. Only visible damage was a missing 10uf cap, but even replaced, still does this. Verticle bars, either black or RGB colors. 3.3v and 5v rails seem to be going where they should. No idea what to try next. Maybe @vswitchzero.com might know?

This is something I'd be really excited to try out! This project keeps getting better and better 😁

[Bracket for STB System 3dfx Voodoo 3] A simple 3D-printed bracket with a twist.👀 Hope you find it fascinating bending the printed piece into place. It's a small price to pay for the ultimate strength from a thin piece of plastic.🤪 Printables Link: printables.com/model/1289312

Happy birthday to Wolfenstein 3D, released on this day, 33 years ago on 5th May 1992!

Got this for-parts 3dfx Velocity with heavy corrosion everywhere. Card heats up but no boot no detect. Turns out many traces got severed right at the AGP edge, possibly due to corrosion. A lot of fine soldering job to painstakingly restore every one of them🫠

My final JLCPCB order before de minimis doomsday arrived today with a few days to spare. Both cards are new minor hardware revisions!

I should just introduce every new piece of gear I buy like this

FPGA, Spectrum Next Development, Retro 90s PCs & More… – Game & Gadget Podcast #41 @tonywarriner.bsky.social & I explore FPGA retro gaming, Tony’s upcoming game UrbX Warriors and my adventures with Windows 98 PCs and CRT monitors. www.pixelrefresh.com/fpga-spectru... #podcast #retrogaming #fpga

For the past four months I have been restoring an IBM PS/1 2168. With the Checkmate monitor, I think I am done. Let's FDOOM.EXE and DUKE3D.EXE, here I come!

I can't stream Saturday, so let's do a quick early Friday morning (9AM eastern) stream to test out the cleaned-up, previously really nasty Commodore PC 20-III from last weekend's stream. You won't lose your breakfast like you lost your lunch last weekend! #vintagepc youtube.com/live/CEgB9h6...

I've been working on a thing. The camera doesn't do it justice. I think it'll be a worthwhile upgrade.

486DX2-66 is back up and running after mobo battery replacement. Seems to take all the performance settings for RAM and wait states that I throw at it. Bought the Diamond Stealth 24 VLB new back in the day! (But ran it on an SX-33 that I ALSO still have…)

EISA board! Doesn’t really turn on… but there it is!

Hello kind folks of Bluesky... If you enjoy the Game & Gadget Podcast covering retro & modern tech, please leave a review on your favourite podcast player. I would love to see our little podcast grow and reach a wider audience. Thanks in advance! www.pixelrefresh.com/game-gadget-...

Everyone who is interested in a great IDE optical drive emulator should give @zuluide.bsky.social a follow as they just joined Bluesky. Their device is great!

Here's a preview of what I've been up to the last year and a bit, together with @bartjaah.bsky.social and a few others! youtu.be/eoz2Al5ekzU?... I also wrote a blog post with a bit of background info: lethalguitar.wordpress.com/2025/04/10/b...

Listening to some music on the #Amiga 1200 with Infinity Music Player. If your Amiga has internet access, I can highly recommend it.

Thank you @necroware.bsky.social for the awesome open source RTC design. I just made up another 10 of them.

Just.. absolutely incredible.

The Descent general midi soundtrack just hits so hard with the mt32-pi in soundfont mode.

A vivid memory of seeing this flyby for the first time running on my parents' P166MMX with a 3DFX voodoo (when all I had was a P133 with no 3DFX) has forever been scorched into my mind. An epic (oho) moment.

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If you're into obscure IBM PC peripherals, this documentary by Jim Leonard is a must watch. Absolutely fascinating stuff! youtu.be/Eeo4INoGyRY?...

An "ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128 MB" that even POSTs as such, but is actually a Geforce 4 MX 440. Someone must have put a decent amount of effort into this 2003 fake.

The ITX Llama has arrived! Time to dig out my Encarta '96 discs!

Post a photo you took with no context to bring some zen to the timeline.