Campaign Concludes Successfully; Video Reviews
Check out the highlights from some of the coverage PicoIDE has gotten from the retro community, especially from creators on YouTube. Read the full update.
Designing the Front Panel
We're in the final couple days of the PicoIDE campaign and I'm so grateful to see the response it has had! As we start transitioning into full production mode, I thought for this update I'd give some background on how the PicoIDE case came to be. Read the full update.
Testing, Testing, Testing
In my earlier update about what it took to get PicoIDE to work on the IBM PC/AT, I focused on just one computer. But IDE/parallel ATA was a standard that made its way into thousands of different systems. How can you ensure compatibility with the large majority of them? Read the full update.
Documentation Matters
Documentation may seem boring but good documentation can make a device a delight to use, even a technically complex one like the PicoIDE. Read the full update.
Taming the IBM AT
This update tells the story of tracking down a series of subtle issues I ran into when testing on a historically important machine: the IBM Personal Computer AT, also known as the 5170. Read the full update.
A Journey Into Understanding the IDE Bus
First, I'd like to thank everybody who has backed the project so far! We doubled our goal in less than 24 hours and as of this publication we have more than tripled it. The response to PicoIDE has been amazing to see! Now, check out our latest post, taking you on a journey of understanding the IDE bus. I first got the idea to develop PicoIDE when people started asking me if my previous hardware project, PicoGUS, could emulate an IDE or ATAPI drive. Read the full update.
The Campaign is Live!
Thanks for your support during our pre-launch! Now, we need your help to get us to our goal. Read the full update.