+batari Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 Boulderdash is all about how much RAM is available, not as much about capabilities necessarily. Also, Krokodile debuted for twice the price that Harmony did and supported a fraction of the games. Harmony runs maybe 99.5% (if not more) of what's out there. Some have complained about this missing 0.5% or so, saying I should have gone for 110% (to totally future-proof it), but that's not good engineering. I doubt I would ever hear these requests from engineers. Hey, even I didn't understand when I started engineering school. All I'm saying is that the most successful products don't try to do it all, they make a compromise with cost, capabilities and production time. If you go for everything, you'd most likely end up with vaporware or something that costs $200 or more, and end up with features that nobody will ever use. I didn't want to fall into that trap. That said, Melody already can support 4 MB via it's onboard EEPROM. Only one game ever used an EEPROM and even that uses less than 32k of the 1MB chip I fit on there. As of yet, nobody has ever asked about using 4MB. I doubt anyone ever will. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermi69 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 (edited) so, I've 2 questions.. 1. will Boulder Dash work on the 7800 Concerto Cart? 2. is there another way to stay informed about a release date for the Cart instead of daily visiting this subforum (i.e. pre-order list or similar)? thank you Edited February 24, 2014 by hermi69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 is there another way to stay informed about a release date for the Cart instead of daily visiting this subforum (i.e. pre-order list or similar)? Click on Follow This Topic, located to the right of the topic title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ripdubski Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Should just make it easy with Harmony 78 and rename the old one to Harmony 26. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchoolRetroGamer Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Call it HARMOMY Backin89 ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Csonicgo Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Given that the Original Harmony Cart was like putting rocket boosters on a first-year Toyota Corolla, Is this like re-enacting the cover of the ZZ-Top Afterburner album?If so, I want one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrogoober Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Any word on date for availibility? Need a Harmony for High Score Club:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmileyDude Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Interestingly enough, I just made a ROM image that uses all 512K the new cart would allow. I guess I'll be buying one of the new carts once they are available. Are there any other changes in the Harmony Encore besides increased RAM/ROM/EEPROM limits? Is the ARM chip still clocked at the same rate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHATETHEBEARS Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 I've been meaning to buy one of these for a year now. I was just looking for some information on the product and ordering and such, when I found this thread. So I'm guessing I should wait now. So is there any new timeframe as to when this will be available for purchase? Also, how exactly does the downloading process work? Do we just save ROMs onto the SD card in our computer? Is it as simple as that? Thanks for the info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Also, how exactly does the downloading process work? Do we just save ROMs onto the SD card in our computer? Is it as simple as that? Exactly. Most effort will result from organizing 100s or 1000s of ROM on the card in a way that suits your personal preferences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHATETHEBEARS Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Exactly. Most effort will result from organizing 100s or 1000s of ROM on the card in a way that suits your personal preferences. Nice. Even someone no so computer literate as myself can handle that. So does this thing play all the Starpath games as well? In other words, we don't need that CD or a Supercharger anymore? I have them. But I never have it hooked up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iesposta Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Nice. Even someone no so computer literate as myself can handle that. So does this thing play all the Starpath games as well? In other words, we don't need that CD or a Supercharger anymore? I have them. But I never have it hooked up. Yes. Supercharger games as well. The older one plays 99.9% of everything created (there is a 64K multi cart that you can't get the file for anyway, and a demo that uses more RAM than was in the old Harmony), and the new one will play games larger than 32K (up to 512K). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 I guess I'll wait for the new cart to come out. Even though I doubt I'll ever get around to playing the new homebrews that need more than 64K, I'd like the ability to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maiki Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Nice. Even someone no so computer literate as myself can handle that. One thing to point out: the Harmony Cartridge does not sort the files by names. That means that you have to upload them all at once if you want them to be sorted as on your computer. If you add something later, it is going to be displayed at the end of the list. Just what I have noticed so far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 True. But there are tools which can sort the files on the disk or SD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevEng Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 (edited) You can run something like DriveSort, or just move the files in any folder to a new temporary folder and back again to resort them. (the latter method sometimes gets a bit screwed up if done through the Windows GUI) Edited March 12, 2014 by RevEng 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Sort for Mac and Linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHATETHEBEARS Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 (edited) Rather than physically save hundreds of ROMs at a time, has someone compiled them somewhere so we can download them all at once? If not, I take it I would need to save them alphabetically. Is that right? The YouTube video I watched showed a menu that was divided by each letter of the alphabet. So if I wanted any "P' titles, I'd just go to "P" and that would open up another menu. Edited March 12, 2014 by IHATETHEBEARS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Google: Atari 2600 ROM Collection 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tremoloman2006 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Here you go 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHATETHEBEARS Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Here you go LOL Slick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Any update on when this will be available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 what tempest said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Just finding out about this... new name for the cart. Hope this thing really does come out this year, AND I hope everyone who wants one will have a chance to get one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Hi Batari Count me in for a CONCERTO cannot wait......... greetings Walter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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