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pico-286

RP2040/RP2350 286 PC emulator for MURMULATOR dev board

5Distinct people
5Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
327GitHub stars
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What it is

RP2040/RP2350 286 PC emulator for MURMULATOR dev board

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by 6-hour interval5 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2025-08-11 18:25:33 UTC to 2025-08-19 17:41:45 UTC.

01232025-08-11 18:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-12 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsAug 11, 18:002025-08-12 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-12 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-12 06:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-12 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-12 12:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-12 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-12 18:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-13 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-13 06:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-13 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-13 12:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-13 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-13 18:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-14 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-14 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-14 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-14 06:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-14 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-14 12:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-14 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-14 18:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-15 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-15 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-15 06:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-15 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-15 12:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-15 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsAug 15, 12:002025-08-15 18:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-16 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-16 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-16 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-16 06:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-16 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-16 12:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-16 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-16 18:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-17 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-17 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-17 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-17 06:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-17 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-17 12:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-17 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-17 18:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-18 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-18 06:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-18 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-18 12:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-18 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-18 18:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-19 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-19 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-19 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-19 06:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-19 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-19 12:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-19 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 commentsAug 19, 12:00

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

View mention counts and date ranges
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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Aug 11, 18:002025-08-11 18:00:00 UTC2025-08-12 00:00:00 UTC110
Aug 12, 00:002025-08-12 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-12 06:00:00 UTC000
Aug 12, 06:002025-08-12 06:00:00 UTC2025-08-12 12:00:00 UTC000
Aug 12, 12:002025-08-12 12:00:00 UTC2025-08-12 18:00:00 UTC000
Aug 12, 18:002025-08-12 18:00:00 UTC2025-08-13 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 13, 00:002025-08-13 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-13 06:00:00 UTC000
Aug 13, 06:002025-08-13 06:00:00 UTC2025-08-13 12:00:00 UTC000
Aug 13, 12:002025-08-13 12:00:00 UTC2025-08-13 18:00:00 UTC000
Aug 13, 18:002025-08-13 18:00:00 UTC2025-08-14 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 14, 00:002025-08-14 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-14 06:00:00 UTC000
Aug 14, 06:002025-08-14 06:00:00 UTC2025-08-14 12:00:00 UTC000
Aug 14, 12:002025-08-14 12:00:00 UTC2025-08-14 18:00:00 UTC000
Aug 14, 18:002025-08-14 18:00:00 UTC2025-08-15 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 15, 00:002025-08-15 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-15 06:00:00 UTC000
Aug 15, 06:002025-08-15 06:00:00 UTC2025-08-15 12:00:00 UTC000
Aug 15, 12:002025-08-15 12:00:00 UTC2025-08-15 18:00:00 UTC000
Aug 15, 18:002025-08-15 18:00:00 UTC2025-08-16 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 16, 00:002025-08-16 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-16 06:00:00 UTC000
Aug 16, 06:002025-08-16 06:00:00 UTC2025-08-16 12:00:00 UTC000
Aug 16, 12:002025-08-16 12:00:00 UTC2025-08-16 18:00:00 UTC000
Aug 16, 18:002025-08-16 18:00:00 UTC2025-08-17 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 17, 00:002025-08-17 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-17 06:00:00 UTC000
Aug 17, 06:002025-08-17 06:00:00 UTC2025-08-17 12:00:00 UTC000
Aug 17, 12:002025-08-17 12:00:00 UTC2025-08-17 18:00:00 UTC000
Aug 17, 18:002025-08-17 18:00:00 UTC2025-08-18 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 18, 00:002025-08-18 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-18 06:00:00 UTC000
Aug 18, 06:002025-08-18 06:00:00 UTC2025-08-18 12:00:00 UTC000
Aug 18, 12:002025-08-18 12:00:00 UTC2025-08-18 18:00:00 UTC000
Aug 18, 18:002025-08-18 18:00:00 UTC2025-08-19 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 19, 00:002025-08-19 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-19 06:00:00 UTC000
Aug 19, 06:002025-08-19 06:00:00 UTC2025-08-19 12:00:00 UTC110
Aug 19, 12:002025-08-19 12:00:00 UTC2025-08-19 18:00:00 UTC303

What Hacker News says

5 sources
What's the likelihood that it's a hex dump one of these? * https://github.com/virtualxt/virtualxt/tree/develop/bios Because if you look back far enough you'll find that this is based upon something called fake86 written by a Mike Chambers in 2010, of which there are many half-written derivatives including this: * https://github.com/lgblgblgb/fake86/tree/master obviously replicated here: * https://github.com/xrip/pico-286/blob/0d2c76ba51572addaeed8a... and which loads a pcxtbios.bin file in several flavours, including but not limited to: * https://github.com/lgblgblgb/fake86/tree/master/bin/data
In Intel 80286 emulator for Raspberry Pico

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