Lucky Man Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 You're the man, Omega! That works perfectly. Thanks so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFL Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I have an ignorant question. Why is this BIOS still in a beta state? Is it not stable yet, are other features being worked on, is it defunct now that there's a new Harmony cart out, or is it simply Real Life getting in the way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+batari Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 It's fully functional, the only reason it's beta still is because it needs a bit of polish. Meaning you may experience a single screen roll in some corner cases while navigating the menu, and the yin-yang spinner and Encore final load screen are not synced so you might experience a single screen roll there, too. Plus I want to change the colors in the Encore load screen and maybe make it load faster. I will get to those fixes eventually, and maybe by then someone will find a new bug or there will be a new feature request that I wish to implement. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luffy Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Hi, I've recently bought a Harmony encore cart which I'm enjoying a lot . I would really like to have a PAL version of this 1.06 BIOS so the menu colors shown are right, any update on when could this version be posted? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luffy Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Well, I figured out I better find an alternative solution by myself, so maybe others can use it also: pass the RF of the Atari 2600 through a Video recorder and then take it out from video composite+audio or euroconnector. This fixes the colours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogeCM Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 i want back to bios 1.5 how can i do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 found out the encore I picked up at cge last year had 1.06 already but I did the install of version 2 anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manic23 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Just wondering if we are any nearer to a PAL 1.06 BIOS? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Hi Fred - I know you've been busy with Concerto-related stuff (yay!) but do you or anyone else have any reasons why I shouldn't go ahead and flash my Harmony with the 1.06 beta 2 BIOS? Is it working okay for everyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bixler Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 It's fully functional, the only reason it's beta still is because it needs a bit of polish. Meaning you may experience a single screen roll in some corner cases while navigating the menu, and the yin-yang spinner and Encore final load screen are not synced so you might experience a single screen roll there, too. Plus I want to change the colors in the Encore load screen and maybe make it load faster. I will get to those fixes eventually, and maybe by then someone will find a new bug or there will be a new feature request that I wish to implement. Hi Fred - I know you've been busy with Concerto-related stuff (yay!) but do you or anyone else have any reasons why I shouldn't go ahead and flash my Harmony with the 1.06 beta 2 BIOS? Is it working okay for everyone? Looks like it's fully functional, just could use some tiny amounts of polish around the edges. I'll give it a whirl tonight and see how it goes; if for some reason shit goes down, I'll revert to 1.05, which is what I'm on right now (it shipped with it, got mine about a year ago). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavert Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 On harmony encore (firmware 1.06 beta 2), homebrew games which don't work : - skeleton - skeleton + - eggventure - the gizzle wap and the strange red - run out - epic adventure - space rocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Can you describe in more detail what happens? IIRC there once was a bug in Skeleteon(+), make sure you got the latest version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavert Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Don't load... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 On harmony encore (firmware 1.06), homebrew games which don't work : - skeleton - skeleton + - eggventure - the gizzle wap and the strange red - run out - epic adventure - space rocks I think all of those, with the exception of the Skeleton games, use DPC+ (for sure Space Rocks does). The DPC+ driver had a bug (reply #332) that worked fine on the original Harmony but caused problems on the Encore. Detailed info (#337) on the bug: ... These DPC+ games turn the device off very briefly, and accidentally, at just the wrong time (when trying to pull out of the spinner screen.) The only reason that original Harmony carts work is because a MOSFET has a body diode that will still conduct on one direction even when it's off, causing the bug to not be exploited by regular Harmony carts but get exploited by Encore. ... as well as how to patch(#339) those games using a hex editor: ... To fix any errant DPC+ games, use a hex editor to change the bytes at offset 0x200 from 00 A0 85 to 01 A0 C5. Then they will load on Encore (or any other Harmony version) with no problem. ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavert Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I think all of those, with the exception of the Skeleton games, use DPC+ (for sure Space Rocks does). The DPC+ driver had a bug (reply #332) that worked fine on the original Harmony but caused problems on the Encore. Thank you for the answer. p.s : harmony is better than harmony encore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manic23 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 What makes you say that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iesposta Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Did you flash the Encore with the firmware in post 12 of this thread? I recall there was an Encore firmware where it fixed and worked with DPC+ games built with either the old or the new DPC+ code. Don't load... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianC Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 (edited) There was also a quiet update to the first post of the "Latest Harmony Cart Software" thread with the 1.06 bios at the bottom of the post. The date the post was updated (October 2015) is also later than the date listed for the 1.06 beta 2 (Sep 2014). Edited March 9, 2016 by BrianC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavert Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Thanks you, I will see that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavert Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 On Harmony encore (firmware 1.06 beta 5 and firmware 1.06 year 2015), homebrew games which don't work : - skeleton complet (black screen) - skeleton + final version (black screen) - epic adventure - stay frosty 2 modif ntsc (menu then black screen) - eggventure Link firmware 1.06 beta 5 : http://atariage.com/forums/topic/220696-new-harmony-product-harmony-encore/page-14?do=findComment&comment=3107645 Link firmware 1.06 year 2015 : http://atariage.com/forums/topic/156500-latest-harmony-cart-software/?hl=%20latest%20%20harmony%20%20cart%20%20software ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On my Harmony (firmware 1.06 beta 2), homebrew games which don't work : - skeleton complet (black screen) - skeleton + final version (black screen) - epic adventure - stay frosty 2 modif ntsc ( works ) - eggventure (works ) LInk firmware 1.06 beta 2 : http://atariage.com/forums/topic/226997-harmony-106-bios-beta/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
achtbits Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Just wondering if we are any nearer to a PAL 1.06 BIOS? I also would like to ask again if there will be a PAL-50/60 1.06 BIOS release anytime soon? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bootay Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Hello, I just updated my Harmony to 1.06 from 1.03. I went through and tested all of my roms and every one of them works fine except for Porky's. The game runs but the graphics are all messed up. I got the rom from https://atariage.com/software_page.php?SoftwareLabelID=374. I am using a 4 switch NTSC VCS. Thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hastor Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 In the addendum document with my Harmony Encore, it says all new bios starting with 1.06 now include an additional file called "BIOS_updater_xxxx.cu" where xxxx is NTSC or PAL. However, I can't find this file in any of the downloads at the top. How can I use the newer update method? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_79 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 You'll find it in the zip file posted in the first post of this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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