PicoGUS adds CD Emulation

[erek]

“it can emulate several sound cards, allow USB gamepads to act as gameport controllers and provide CD-ROM emulation. The sound cards it can emulate are:

• Gravis Ultrasound (GUS)
• Sound Blaster 2.0 / AdLib (OPL2)
• MPU-401 (with intelligent mode) – outputs MIDI data on 3.5mm MIDI TRS connector
• Tandy 3-voice
• CMS/Game Blaster

If your retro PC doesn’t have an ISA slot but contains USB ports, then you can try out the USBODE project to get CD-ROM emulation.”

Source: https://www.retrorgb.com/picogus-adds-cd-emulation.html

 

[leSLIe]

Interesting stuff

 

[embertmorton200]

This is a great leap for retro computing! The ability of PicoGUS to emulate GUS, Sound Blaster, MPU-401, and now even CD-ROMs opens up so many doors for DOS gaming on non-ISA hardware. USBODE looks like a smart workaround too—plug-and-play for older games without tearing apart legacy rigs. Definitely a must-try for enthusiasts rebuilding vintage setups!

 

[Delicieuxz]

I'd like to have a PCIe version.

 

[Nobu]

This is a great leap for retro computing! The ability of PicoGUS to emulate GUS, Sound Blaster, MPU-401, and now even CD-ROMs opens up so many doors for DOS gaming on non-ISA hardware. USBODE looks like a smart workaround too—plug-and-play for older games without tearing apart legacy rigs. Definitely a must-try for enthusiasts rebuilding vintage setups!

Needs an ISA slot to function. But if you have one, being able to use this instead of an original sound card, emulating ODE and game port, is pretty nice.

 

[pfc_m_drake]

With PicoGUS you can now plug in a USB drive with CDROM images onto the USB port of the PicoGUS. Supported image formats are ISO and BIN/CUE...

Ahhh, BIN/CUE format. The glory days of CDRWin live on.