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The Gravis Ultrasound is a long sought after card from the early to mid 1990s for it's unmatched ability to generate realistic audio with it's wavetable synthesis. Not many were made, not many games were supported but it earned a cult following.

Fast forward to 2023 and they're almost impossible to find at a reasonable price. Enter Ian Scott a.k.a polpo. He took his #raspberrypi project to the next level and built a faithful reproduction of the Gravis Ultrasound card... and more.

Let's catch up with Ian and see what the genesis of the project is and what might be next on his radar.

Buy the PicoGUS!: [ Ссылка ]

How to find Ian:
GitHub - [ Ссылка ]
Site - [ Ссылка ]
Mastodon - bitbang.social/@polpo

Some of Ian's favorite tracks:
- Starshine by Purple Motion [ Ссылка ]
- Te-2rx by md [ Ссылка ]
- Lonely Planet by Basehead [ Ссылка ]
- Alterraid by Dune [ Ссылка ]
- krunk'd by Hoffman [ Ссылка ]
- Something Old Something New Something Borrowed Something Blue by esau [ Ссылка ]
- Neocolora by SoDa7 and Virgill [ Ссылка ]

Chapters:
00:12 - Intro #retrojanuary
01:09 - PicoGUS Demo
01:50 - Meet Ian
02:41 - Getting recognized
04:20 - The genesis of the PicoGUS
08:00 - The "Very Dumb Prototype"
13:10 - Reverse engineering
16:04 - The documentation is wrong
17:44 - Non-standards
20:34 - Retro favorites
25:30 - Learning vs. problem solving
27:42 - Finding community
37:20 - Gatekeeping
43:41 - Wrapping up

Intro & Outro Music:
Escape Velocity by gusse / Digisonix
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Used with direct permission from the author

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