yyzkevin wrote on 2024-04-02, 11:44:

Getting close. I need to get an idea on current interest/demand to finalize.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoJ12leojwo

I dropped my response in.

yyzkevin wrote on 2024-04-02, 11:44:

Getting close. I need to get an idea on current interest/demand to finalize.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoJ12leojwo

I have a laptop (haha, one laptop, who am I kidding) with decent SoundBlaster support, but the dock where the gameport lives is impossible to find.

I would be very interested in one of those cards with either a generic gameport/MIDI IO add-on card, or Bluetooth controller support à-la BlueRetro (https://github.com/darthcloud/BlueRetro).

Would be pretty interested. This opens so much possibilities, as the old PCMCIA sound cards are impossible to obtain. Pico would also allow implementing other kinds of adapters easily. Such a great work!

Very cool to see what it looks like now, ATAPI CD-ROM emulation is a really cool feature too!

I was a bit concerned since it's been so long since there was last an update but the outcome looks great - I'm glad it's gone in the picogus / swiss-army-knife direction now 😀

That sounds just great, now do I need one or would have I the use for one, and I'm afraid the answer is probably not, other interests and all that.
Still going to answer your survey.
And I posted a link to your video on a french forum where some people might be interested.

GUS in PCMCIA form with the design you made.

Some progress on CD-ROM Emulation & CD Audio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L59Bp61Je4Y

That's awesome, Kevin. CD emulation workis amazingly stable and easy to setup.
How's that possible that Windows CD player takes over form DOS player? Or am I getting it wrong?

Exciting. Can't wait for IDE drive emulation (even if it sacrifices the sound).

STrRedWolf wrote on 2024-04-17, 11:42:

Exciting. Can't wait for IDE drive emulation (even if it sacrifices the sound).

Does it really matter for the end user if it's IDE or Panasonic interface being emulated ?

CDDA emulation is very impressive.

Do you intend for eventual buy-in build cards to be 'ultra-compact'?

Eg, microSD on underside of pcmcia card, and 'fully hidden' when inserted?

Bits and bobs hanging off such cards have always been a significant source of failure, in my experience.

Imagine a Pico with different sound sources from Adlib to Sound Blaster, GUS, CD emulation (loading ISO files and music/audio files) with CDDA, and all of that using commands to switch from one to the other.

Unless that's too much, but that would be cool to have.

bjwil1991 wrote on 2024-04-17, 13:57:

Imagine a Pico with different sound sources from Adlib to Sound Blaster, GUS, CD emulation (loading ISO files and music/audio files) with CDDA, and all of that using commands to switch from one to the other.

Unless that's too much, but that would be cool to have.

This is actually what it does. SB, Adlib, CD can work simultaneously. The GUS is in the pipeline too.

Bondi wrote on 2024-04-17, 11:55:

STrRedWolf wrote on 2024-04-17, 11:42:

Exciting. Can't wait for IDE drive emulation (even if it sacrifices the sound).

Does it really matter for the end user if it's IDE or Panasonic interface being emulated ?

Well, CD-ROM drives can be Panasonic's interface. IDE? That's both CD-ROMs and storage.

And that's why I'm interested. HP 100LX's can benefit from a dual NE2K/IDE-to-SD Card interface. Sound's a bit gravy to me.

Bondi wrote on 2024-04-17, 16:33:

bjwil1991 wrote on 2024-04-17, 13:57:

Imagine a Pico with different sound sources from Adlib to Sound Blaster, GUS, CD emulation (loading ISO files and music/audio files) with CDDA, and all of that using commands to switch from one to the other.

Unless that's too much, but that would be cool to have.

This is actually what it does. SB, Adlib, CD can work simultaneously. The GUS is in the pipeline too.

Nice!