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polpo

@polpo@bitbang.social

Blinking LED enthusiast. Lover of old technology. Won't leave anything with electronics alone. Tinkered enough with the Raspberry Pi Pico and the ISA bus to happen to make a retro sound card emulator (https://github.com/polpo/picogus).

Located in Colorado, USA

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kiwa, to random
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i think it's time i learn how to use kicad

polpo,
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@kiwa itโ€™s like riding a bicycle!

philpem, to random
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You know what #EMF2024 #emfcamp needs?

Cable TV.

polpo,
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@philpem after seeing how great the Genericable booths are at various VCF events, I bet it'd be awesome

polpo, to random
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And that's it! I am finally sold out of PicoGUSes on Tindie. I do not plan on selling any more myself. Instead get your PicoGUS from these fine sellers:
Joe's Computer Museum - ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ USA based, ships worldwide. In stock: https://jcm-1.com/product/picogus-v2/
Serdashop - ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ EU based, ships worldwide. Bundles with DreamBlaster MIDI wavetable cards available. In stock: https://www.serdashop.com/PicoGUS
Flamelily IT - ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง UK based, ships worldwide. Coming soon, preorders open: https://shop.flamelily.co.uk/picogus

polpo, to random
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In my abundant free time, I want to make a phone app optimized for taking photo or video of CRTs, with quick access to shutter speeds of 1/25, 1/29.97, 1/30, 1/50, 1/59.94, and 1/60 of a second. I've tried so many camera apps with manual settings and each one has annoyances or too many settings.

polpo,
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@root42 Ooh, 15kHz filter is a great idea.

mcc, to random
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In 2014, Steve Wozniak woke up in the middle of the night and suddenly thought of a possible improvement on the Apple // design he had until that moment entirely missed https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.apple2/c/iiLgD-7INtE

polpo,
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@mcc @foone Yuri's Night was so cool!

I almost literally ran into Woz at Cicero's Pizza in Cupertino. I was looking at a signed photo of him on the wall, said "oh cool, Woz has been here" to myself, turned around and was face to face with the man. I said "whoops, excuse me" and went on my way.

polpo, to random
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I love 3D printing ๐Ÿฅฐ

polpo, to random
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So this is what happens when you use compressed air to clean toner out of a laser printer drum unit

polpo,
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@thomasfuchs it definitely was one of my least smart moments, but somehow I had enough smarts to think to take it outside ๐Ÿ˜…

rodhilton, to random
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This is such a strange thing to say about Star Wars but whenever I see a trailer for anything in the franchise, as soon as a lightsaber ignites I'm just immediately done with it.

Surely the least interesting thing about the Star Wars universe is that there are people in it who carry swords made of lasers. I don't know if the prequels ruined lightsabers for me or if it's the fact they the only people who wield them are part of rigid religious sects with strict rules making them boring.

polpo,
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@rodhilton this is why Andor is so much better than anything else to me. I'm really really hoping they don't screw it up for the second season. They've earned my trust so far...

polpo, to random
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European folks: Serdashop now has #PicoGUS in stock! Ships from Belgium which should save you shipping cost, time, and import duty. He also lets you bundle one of his awesome wavetable synth modules that can plug right onto the connector on the PicoGUS. https://www.serdashop.com/PicoGUS

mediaarchaeologylab, to random
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there are very few things we will bend our "must be in working condition" rule for but... iykyk

polpo,
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@mediaarchaeologylab a day later and Iโ€™m still geeking out over the fact that there is a Koyaanisqatsi laserdisc in this collection

polpo, to random
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So yesterday I restocked my very last batch of #PicoGUS 2.0 cards on my Tindie store: https://www.tindie.com/products/polpo/picogus-sound-card-emulator-for-isa-retro-pcs/ Once Iโ€™m out, Iโ€™m out. Iโ€™m passing the job of selling cards over to other capable established sellers, such as:
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Joeโ€™s Computer Museum: https://jcm-1.com/product/picogus-v2/
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ Serdashop: https://serdashop.com/
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Flamelily IT: https://shop.flamelily.co.uk/picogus
All ship worldwide!

polpo,
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I also raised my price by $10. Part of that is to cool demand on the crazy rush of orders when I restock due to the massive waitlist, but another part is because this batch was the biggest one yet and I canโ€™t fly under the radar of US customs any more. Most of the cardโ€™s components are subject to the 25% tariff on goods from China and that takes a huge bite out so unfortunately Iโ€™m passing that along. #PicoGUS

polpo, to demoscene
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For the latest issue of Make Magazine, I wrote a feature article about #PicoGUS! The online version of the article is now up. Come read about my beginnings as a teenage #demoscene fan, how I was introduced to the GUS and how I decided to make an emulator for it so many years later. https://makezine.com/article/technology/computers-mobile/democratizing-the-demoscene-picogus-brings-the-90s-tracker-sound-to-the-masses/

polpo,
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And I gotta say they did a great job making it look good in print. #PicoGUS #demoscene

The next page of the article.
The cover of the magazine, with the headline โ€œRetro Tech: nee thrills from classic games & gearโ€. Iโ€™m pointing to the fallout for my article โ€œPi Pico PC Sound Cardโ€. The cover has a clear Game Boy and tiny arcade machine.

polpo,
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@foone and @h0ffman get shoutouts for inspiration in the article. And big thanks to @ishotjr for editing and sheperding my way, and @inversephase for making the all important social connection. ๐Ÿ˜ #PicoGUS #demoscene

Lana, to random
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The back fell off. Some of them are made so the back doesn't fall off at all.

polpo,
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@guigsy @Lana looks real based on this image of cybertruck frames

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