A 386 PC for Your RP2350
Developers have created an i386 PC emulator for the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 (RP2350), allowing the microcontroller to run legacy operating systems like Windows 95 and DOS. The project supports various hardware peripherals including VGA/HDMI output and SD card storage.
Why it matters
It demonstrates the impressive capabilities of modern low-cost microcontrollers in emulating legacy computing architectures.
Official page: frank.rh1.tech — hub for all FRANK boards and firmware.
i386 PC Emulator for RP2350 (Raspberry Pi Pico 2) with VGA/HDMI output, SD card storage, PS/2 and USB keyboard/mouse, NES gamepad, and audio output.
Full i386 (and partially i486/i586) CPU emulation with optional x87 FPU Up to 8MB RAM (using 8MB PSRAM) VGA and HDMI graphics output (text modes and graphics up to 640x480) Sound: AdLib OPL2, Sound Blaster 16, PC Speaker, Tandy, Covox, Disney Sound Source SD card support for floppy, hard disk, and CD-ROM images Runtime disk manager (Win+F12) for hot-swapping disk images Settings menu (Win+F11) for changing emulator configuration PS/2 keyboard and mouse input USB keyboard and mouse input (via native USB Host) NES gamepad support with mouse emulation mode Boots DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95 , Linux, and more Screenshots FRANK 386 in Action
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