[The new Atari 2600+ Hacked?]

Does anyone know yet if there would be a benefit to soldering in the missing microSD card socket?

[The Atari 2600+ is live for preorders!]

41 minutes ago, Thomas Jentzsch said:

Are there any YouTube streamers who are not only showing the same unboxing and just brief gameplay over and over again. But who did some more thorough compatibility testing?

best I've found so far, personally:  

 

 

[New batch of 7800GD ?]

Are any of this second batch expected to go to Stone Age Gamer? I was one of the people caught up in their first batch ordering fiasco who's successful purchase of "stock in hand" turned into a "pre-order oopsie". Obviously that is their issue and not yours, but I am curious what the chances are that this second [November-ish?] batch me help resolve the issue for myself and others in the same situation?

[Filesystem Not Found - microSD combatility]

Haven't got my 7800GD yet from SAG to test myself, but having older/tiny cards I use for other reasons (265MB & 512MB in my case) I can tell you that your computer likely formats them as FAT16 with a 8kb-16kb cluster size (smaller cluster sizes used for lower volume cards) whereas 1GB and larger cards usually get formatted as FAT32 with a 1kbb-32kb cluster size with 32kb being the most common used for 8GB and larger cards.

I wonder if you use a partitioning tool and force format the tiny card to FAT32 at a larger cluster size if it would work for you? 

[Supervision - Undumped game version of Treasure Hunter]

Oooh, nice find! 😁

[Concerto firmware thread]

OK, so my cart arrived with 0.94a firmware on it.

It plays 7800 games fine and plays "some" of the 2600 games I tried. (I tried only NTSC games since I have a US/NTSC 7800 and am using roms from RomHunter v16)

I am unable to choose any option in the "wrench" menu - it just dumps me back to t he SD card file manager.

I am unable to scroll past the 1st item under "Settings and Preferences", attempting to push UP anywhere or DOWN after already being on the first settings item dumps me back to the file manager.

 

I would assume I should update to 0.95

I can put the 0.95 update on my SD card using the Harmony program (it renames it to hbios.bin and puts it on root of SD) but since I can't activate the "Update BIOS" option in the wrench menu I dunno what to do.

Also, from what I read in this thread, any FW under 0.95 (which I am under 0.95) I need to flash the cart in the Harmony program, but where do I get the EEPROM flash from? Is it just the (in my case) NTSC option offered by default as part of the Harmony program or is it a special file that goes with the 0.95 update I downloaded in this thread?

 

P.S.: I figured out my com port issue so the software does recognize my cart now, just need direction on how to update from 0.94a to 0.95

 

Again, thanks in advance for any assistance.

 

 

[Concerto firmware thread]

Just now, DrVenkman said:

That’s probably either a driver issue for the serial UART chip used on the Concerto, or the incorrect COM port settings on the computer. Fortunately, connecting directly to a computer shouldn’t be necessary for the vast majority of users. It’s only used to program the boot loader if necessary. Normal BIOS updates don’t need to be done that way - you can flash the cart with the updated BIOS directly off the SD card through the Concerto menu.

 

Otherwise, just copy the game binaries to your SD card with a card reader or something and you’re ready to play. 

Thank you again!

[Concerto firmware thread]

35 minutes ago, DrVenkman said:

Your Concerto should have come ready to use. No need to connect to your PC at all. Just do a search for Trebor’s Pro Pack of 7800 files, extract to any FAT-formatted SD card, put the card into the cart and you should be good. 

Cool beans. Thanks for the info!

 

Any ideas about not being able to connect with the Harmony software? I'm guessing I'll need to update the cart somewhere down the line...

[Concerto firmware thread]

Hi all. Just received my Concerto Cart in the mail today and excited to get it up and running, but I have a few questions:

 

• Do i need to perform an update to it before attempting to use it? Not sure if it shipped "blank" and if so may be damaged if tried in my 7800 before flashing.
• I attempted to connect the cart to my Win10 PC with the Harmony Cart software and it cannot find the cart. The Cart does show in device manager as a CH340 Serial Device on COM10 or COM12 depending on the port I plug into on my PC. Choosing "Connect" from the menu has it "Searching" but it just hangs like that and can't even be quit properly. Am I doing something wrong?
• What (if any) is the required layout of the FAT formatted SD card? Is there a required folder structure or limitation on items per folder?

 

I own and have setup/used/updated many flash carts, including an Unocart for my 2600, but I feel kinda lost with getting this one setup.

Thanks in advance for your time and any help and/or direction you might provide.

 

 

Eric

[Lynx Multi Card Preorders]

Is this also the preorder list for the Atari 7800 Game Drive? I would like to be put down for one of those!