Using raw magnetic flux data captured with David Gesswein's MFM emulator, evil Claude was able to figure out that the format on this miniscribe 3425 was a nonstandard RLL 2,7 with swapped codewords, a nonstandard CRC seed (0xcc7d), and a 48-bit ECC polynomial (0x1181814503011).
August 11, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Using raw magnetic flux data captured with David Gesswein's MFM emulator, evil Claude was able to figure out that the format on this miniscribe 3425 was a nonstandard RLL 2,7 with swapped codewords, a nonstandard CRC seed (0xcc7d), and a 48-bit ECC polynomial (0x1181814503011).
PicoPCMCIA Update - Mass Storage & More
YouTube video by Kevin Moonlight
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July 20, 2026 at 9:58 AM
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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...
PicoIDE
An open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for vintage computers
www.crowdsupply.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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...
One thing led to another, and now there is a NAT router / web server onboard the PicoPCMCIA.
www.yyzkevin.com/networking-u...
www.yyzkevin.com/networking-u...
Networking Update – yyzkevin
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January 14, 2026 at 4:15 PM
One thing led to another, and now there is a NAT router / web server onboard the PicoPCMCIA.
www.yyzkevin.com/networking-u...
www.yyzkevin.com/networking-u...
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Ever wanted a PicoGUS or PicoMEM but for PCMCIA? @yyzkevin.com's PicoPCMCIA adds modern WiFi networking, Sound Blaster, GUS, CD-ROM, and storage to any computer with a PCMCIA slot. He's getting closer to launch and is now taking deposits for the first run of cards. www.yyzkevin.com/picopcmcia/
January 5, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Ever wanted a PicoGUS or PicoMEM but for PCMCIA? @yyzkevin.com's PicoPCMCIA adds modern WiFi networking, Sound Blaster, GUS, CD-ROM, and storage to any computer with a PCMCIA slot. He's getting closer to launch and is now taking deposits for the first run of cards. www.yyzkevin.com/picopcmcia/
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PhilsComputerLab has released a video highlighting the CD-ROM emulation feature of #PicoGUS! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkzH...
PicoGUS now emulates CD-ROM with Redbook CD Audio
YouTube video by PhilsComputerLab
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September 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
PhilsComputerLab has released a video highlighting the CD-ROM emulation feature of #PicoGUS! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkzH...
Reposted by yyzkevin
#PicoGUS is now an ODE! I've just released firmware v3.0.0, which adds Panasonic CD-ROM drive emulation. Put some ISOs or BIN/CUE files on a USB stick, plug it into your PicoGUS, and you've got a virtual CD-ROM drive that works in DOS and Windows 9x and supports CD audio. github.com/polpo/picogu...
Release v3.0.0 · polpo/picogus
New features/changes
CD-ROM emulation
PicoGUS now supports CD-ROM emulation (in other words, PicoGUS is now an ODE)! It emulates a Panasonic/MKE interface and drive and supports CD images in ISO or...
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June 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
#PicoGUS is now an ODE! I've just released firmware v3.0.0, which adds Panasonic CD-ROM drive emulation. Put some ISOs or BIN/CUE files on a USB stick, plug it into your PicoGUS, and you've got a virtual CD-ROM drive that works in DOS and Windows 9x and supports CD audio. github.com/polpo/picogu...
