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The PicoCalc has quickly become one of my favorite retro-inspired devices and today, we’re upgrading it with a Raspberry Pi Pico 2W and a custom 3D printed backplate. But that’s only the beginning.

In this video, I dive into the amazing community-built software for the PicoCalc, including a Micro Mac emulator, Frotz for interactive fiction, Picoware, and even an NES emulator!

Join me as I test out what the PicoCalc is really capable of after this hardware upgrade.

• 3D printed case file https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6998636
• PicoCalc Micro Mac https://github.com/benob/picocalc-umac
• Frotz https://github.com/BlairLeduc/picocalc-frotz
• Picoware https://github.com/jblanked/Picoware

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⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:03 3D printing new backplate 02:27 Installing pico 2w and new backplate 03:47 PicoCalc Micro Mac 07:28 Frotz 08:50 Picoware 10:58 NES Emulator 13:30 Final Thoughts