An ISA sound card emulator, powered by a Raspberry Pi Pico
PicoGUS can emulate Gravis UltraSound, Sound Blaster 2.0 / AdLib (OPL2), CMS/Game Blaster and Tandy 3-Voice, and supports MIDI output with MPU-401 intelligent mode emulation. It comes in two versions: the original ISA card, and the "Femto" edition that can plug into a Hand386/Book8088 or ISA adapter.
PicoGUS 2.0 is now released! Available at:
- Ian Scott's Tindie store - USA based, ships worldwide.
- Joe's Computer Museum - USA based, ships worldwide.
- More to come!
Got a PicoGUS 2.0? Read the the Getting Started with PicoGUS 2.0 wiki page!
Got a PicoGUS Femto Edition? Read the the Getting Started with the PicoGUS Femto Edition wiki page!
Videos & media coverage
- Adrian's Digital Basement: The PicoGUS: An ingenious multifunction ISA sound card
- PhilsComputerLab: PicoGUS is more than "just" Gravis Ultrasound
- root42: The PicoGUS 2.0
- Joel Explores Tech: PicoGUS - A Modern Gravis Ultrasound
- Hackaday: PicoGUS: For All Your ISA Sound Card Needs
- Hackster: Ian Scott's PicoGUS 2.0 Turns a Raspberry Pi RP2040 Into a Range of Classic ISA Soundcards
- Adafruit blog: Making retro PC add-in cards with Raspberry Pi Pico
Links:
- GitHub project: Firmware source, hardware design, build/configuration Wiki. Of particular interest is the Compatibility list to know what systems and programs it works well with.
- Interactive BOM – this is nice if you're building your own PicoGUS.
- YouTube Channel with project updates, demos, etc. If you're interested in what the PicoGUS can do and how to use one, this is a good place to go!
- Follow me on Mastodon for updates!
- Boards are available for sale on Tindie!
Want to support the project (i.e. let me buy more motherboards with chipsets to test PicoGUS on)? You can donate via PayPal or Ko-Fi!