[THE BIG CHRISTMAS 2600+ GIVEAWAY COMPETITION!]

I would love to see a 7800 version of Frantic Freddie with beautiful pokey tunes. 

[7800 box dimensions?]

By original do you mean V1 of the 7800?  Or any 7800 box from the 80s-90s?

[Serial number list?]

As it is getting closer to the release date, maybe a register of serial numbers would be in order?

[Is Atari planning new carts for the 7800 mode of the 2600+?]

I see a potential for confusion if they market it as “compatible with 2600+/7800”

[Modern Hookup]

I just bought a new TV myself this past week. I couldn’t find any instructions for hooking up a device to conventional analog signal. So as a test I hooked up the Atari and powered it on then had the tv scan for new. Channels. Since I disconnected the antenna to do this, it was unable to find any digital channels, then it it started to scan for analog signals. It found channel 3 and kept scanning for more channels. After it was done i got a new channel and the Atari displayed perfectly.  As an added feature, channel 3 is now on the program guide and I can use that to go straight to that channel. Typing 3 on the remote doesn’t seem to work on it’s own. 

[Concerto firmware thread]

1 hour ago, Snogpitch said:

If this version was installed on a unit with a Hokey, would there be any problem?  I flashed mine using it, and I’ve got a Hokey instead of a Pokey. 

I was able to downgrade to the Hokey version from a few days earlier.  I wasn’t sure it would let me, but all is good now. 

[Concerto firmware thread]

2 hours ago, Trebor said:

 

Concerto with an original POKEY sound chip:
hbios_concerto_0.96_build_30723.bin
SOURCE: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/314640-concerto-firmware-thread/page/46/#elControls_5221902_menu

 

 

If this version was installed on a unit with a Hokey, would there be any problem?  I flashed mine using it, and I’ve got a Hokey instead of a Pokey. 

[Concerto firmware thread]

6 hours ago, batari said:

Here is the changed app. No idea if this will work for you guys as changing the path broke it on my older Macbook.

 

3a still crashes at launch for me.

[Concerto firmware thread]

10 hours ago, Nathan Strum said:

(I can run beta 2, but beta 3 crashes on my Mac Studio.)

Same here.  I can't get beta 3 to launch on my 2015 MBPro.  Beta 2 still works on Monterey.  Successfully updated to build 21523 totally skipped the 21423

[Making images of copy-protected disks with modern tools]

18 hours ago, OLD CS1 said:

Of course, while this 1571 has the SuperCard+, it does not have the speed adjustment installed.

 

@brain  Do you happen to know where to hack the 1571 to adjust the spindle speed?  I am looking around but coming up empty.

Check out this discussion on comp.sys.cbm.  https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.cbm/c/SphvvBpO_9I

[Concerto firmware thread]

On 7/9/2022 at 10:04 AM, Trebor said:

Use the Harmony programming software:

 

-Linux 64-bit: https://github.com/sa666666/harmonycart/releases/download/release-1.3/harmonycart_1.3-1_amd64.deb
-OSX: https://github.com/sa666666/harmonycart/releases/download/release-1.3/HarmonyCart-1.3-macosx.dmg
-Windows: https://github.com/sa666666/harmonycart/releases/download/release-1.3/HarmonyCart-1.3-win32.exe

 

Plug in the Concerto with your micro-USB cable, then start the software. Generally, your OS will automatically find and install drivers.  If the OS does not automatically install the drivers when the Concerto is plugged in with a micro-USB cable, leverage the following links:

 

-Green PCB (newer) Concertos use CH341 drivers  (Downloads are also posted here by batari).

-Purple PCB (older) Concertos use the FTDI drivers.

 

If you are having issues, there is a newer version (2.0 beta 2) of the Harmony programming software, located here:

 

-Linux

-Mac OS X

-Windows 64-bit

 

After installing the Harmony programming software, a reboot may be necessary for the cart to be recognized.

 

Depending on when you bought your cart, you may need to remove the POKEY chip so the software can properly communicate.

 

In the Harmony programming software, go to the EEPROM loader section and select the included eeloader_NTSC.bin (or similar) file, and click "download EEPROM".  Make sure the download goes to 100%, and fully completes (text on the bottom of the window should indicate a successful download).  Retry if it does not fully complete.

 

If the eeloader_NTSC.bin file is missing, obtain it from this post or directly here. 

 

Copy the latest firmware posted file, hbios_concerto_build_7822.bin, to the root directory of your SD card.  Make sure there are no other files starting with "hbios" on the card, or it may load that one instead.

 

Insert the card into Concerto and boot.  It will boot into Harmony mode and update the firmware, and when it completes, it will show a success screen and ask you to press a button to continue.  Instead of pressing a button, you should reboot the 7800. 

 

Now your new BIOS is installed, and the top of the screen will read: Concerto firmware 0.96 daily build 7822.

As a new owner of a Concerto, I thought I would mention I was able to get mine updated from the displayed .94a with the help from this post. I did not have to remove the HOKEY.   I did have to use the newer version of the 2.0 beta 2 software as the earlier did not recognize the cartridge.  My MacOS is Monterey on a 2015 MacBook Pro (Intel).

[Concerto firmware thread]

On 10/31/2022 at 4:05 AM, batari said:

I'll try to explain the versioning a bit.

 

On boot it says Concerto Vx.x on the splash screen. I don't think I have made this clear, but the splash screen shows the bootloader version rather than the firmware version, and the bootloader is currently at v1.0.

 

The firmware is shown on the menu. They ship with 0.95 (though, 0.95 reports as 0.94a). There is a daily build of 0.96 out there though, that many have installed.

I just received my cart this week, and it reports 0.94a.  Is the daily build considered alpha?  Or, is final?  I thought thru reading it was a test to see if it fixed a variety of issues.  Will the next full release going to be 0.97? Or something like 0.96a?

[MSD SD-2 Newbie]

On 9/17/2022 at 11:34 AM, pixelmischief said:

Thanks for the...news.  I'm going to put it up for sale.

How much are you wanting for it?

[7800 Serial Number List]

S/n A1 05 5511565. If you look at the label you will see another label underneath it.  I bought the item new from Oddlots back in the early 90s. It does not have the expansion opening or hardware on the board.