# PicoIDE Has Arrived! - This Week In Retro 253

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Podcast: [This Week in Retro](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-retro-1052400)
Published: 2026-01-31T10:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 We celebrate the launch of PicoIDE, the all-in-one replacement for ATAPI CD-ROM and IDE hard drives by welcoming creator Ian Scott (polpo) to the show! Ian personally guides us through the underpinnings of PicoIDE, available for crowdfunding order now. Then we transition to tricky challenges in software preservation through the lens of Little Computer People and Alternate Reality: The City, and wrap up with a discussion on the charms of VHS videotape and CRT display, including the design of the all-in-one TV/VCR combo. We then share your top picks for new tech documentaries before sharing our latest Community Question of the Week! 00:00 - Show Opening 02:52 - High Quality CD Emulation Is Here! The PicoIDEStory Link: https://picoide.com/Additional link: https://www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics/picoide 23:35 - Software Preservation Tough TruthsStory Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1qhx9z1/is_this_the_only_game_you_cant_really_emulate/Additional links: https://archive.org/details/apple_ii_library_4amhttps://www.hvsc.c64.org 46:21 - Housekeeping - News links found below 54:02 - Story RedactedStory Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1qiso5v/a_new_vhs_combo_tv_thats_perfect_for_retro_gaming/Additional link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1qesxv3/retrobox_are_bringing_back_the_vhs_combo_crt_with/ 01:05:23 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing!https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts!Bluesky:https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube:Chris - https://w…

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