SlagOMatic Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 (edited) Hi all. Just got my Concerto today, looking forward to using it after I've finished modding my 7800 for S-video. ? If anyone's interested, I made a label for the cartridge in the spirit of the old 2600 carts. It's set to print four copies of the label with crop marks on an 8.5x11 page. It can also be safely cropped to an 8x10 if you want to print it at Walmart or similar (which is what I did). A little spray adhesive on the back and it should be good to go. I'm applying it to the clear shell; in theory the other translucent shells share the same dimensions for the label face, and hopefully the black shell does too. Low-res preview attached to this message, and the printable PDF is in my Dropbox here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/h8hp29rnvalu0bg/Atari 7800 Multi-Cart.pdf Edited March 19, 2022 by SlagOMatic 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlagOMatic Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Update to my previous post... My measurements were off and I had to make a new file; the old file has been deleted. Whoopsie. Updated PDF file here (corrected size): https://www.dropbox.com/s/o5rq05oz5rkumdz/Atari 7800 Multi-Cart.pdf?dl=0 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlagOMatic Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 $3 to print it on a matte-finish 8x10 sheet at Walmart. Metal ruler, single-edge razor, and careful cutting to break it free. Right now it's not fully attached as I'm awaiting the arrival of a POKEY chip, but once POKEY is here and installed and working I'll affix it with some spray mount adhesive. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akimmet Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 My Concerto arrived today. I'm impressed despite the "beta" firmware, I haven't run into any bugs so far. It also seems to work just fine fine on both of my 7800 systems. Which both happen to be built in 1987. I always regretted not picking up the CC2 when it was available, but I finally have a flash cart to try out some of the homebrews and hacks that have been coming out. PS: I also realize this is my first post here in over 15 years... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winman Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 I have installed an original POKEY chip in my Concerto flash-cart. For those of you who would like to get more information on how to do that, specially how to open without destroying and assemble the cart and how to plug the POKEY correctly in I could recommend my article about it (in Polish but with a lot of pictures which shall be clear enough): Concerto plus POKEY review The team Concerto + POKEY works like a charm, and my 7800 has got quite decent sound capabilities, specially visible in the latest homebrew games. Good job Fred!? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garycimera1968 Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 So, If I do actually ask... 30 more days? OK. I won't actually ask. I'll imply. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theloneraider Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Apologies, I'm kind of late to the party here, but would like to order a Concerto. What is the current order process please, and what would be the current cost for a cart be including shipping to the UK? Many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 2 hours ago, theloneraider said: Apologies, I'm kind of late to the party here, but would like to order a Concerto. What is the current order process please... https://erstwhile-technologies-7800.square.site/product/concerto-cartridge/5?cs=true&cst=custom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theloneraider Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 55 minutes ago, Trebor said: https://erstwhile-technologies-7800.square.site/product/concerto-cartridge/5?cs=true&cst=custom Thank you 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onlyfordj Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Hello. From which country is it shipped? It is to calculate the amount of Customs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+groundtrooper Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 6 hours ago, Onlyfordj said: Hello. From which country is it shipped? It is to calculate the amount of Customs USA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davpa Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 So I got my Concerto Cart very quickly, which is awesome. For some reason it won't play any of my 2600 games...except Parker Brothers' Spider-man! Which is odd. All my 7800 ROMs work great, but the 2600 just give me a black screen with some thick white lines going diagonal across the screen. Help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 7 minutes ago, davpa said: So I got my Concerto Cart very quickly, which is awesome. For some reason it won't play any of my 2600 games...except Parker Brothers' Spider-man! Which is odd. All my 7800 ROMs work great, but the 2600 just give me a black screen with some thick white lines going diagonal across the screen. Help? Has to be formatted completely differently to run 2600 roms, is the short answer. It's either/or, basically. Get a Harmony for the 2600 stuff, save yurself some trouble. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+groundtrooper Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Where did you get your 2600 ROMs? Are you using RomHunters pack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davpa Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, groundtrooper said: Where did you get your 2600 ROMs? Are you using RomHunters pack? I've had this ZIP for a very long time. One of the folders is labeled for Harmony Cart. I used that folder. A few others here and there that I've had for 10+ years, so I can't tell you where the origins are. Edited May 29, 2022 by davpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davpa Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 12 minutes ago, Rogerpoco said: Has to be formatted completely differently to run 2600 roms, is the short answer. It's either/or, basically. Get a Harmony for the 2600 stuff, save yurself some trouble. I have an UNOcart. I was hoping that the Concerto would do both, which it was leading me to believe that was the case. I'd like to just have one cart for all my ROMs on my 7800 and 2600. Is there a set of ROMs that are formatted in a certain way to play? There must be as Spider-man plays, but I don't know what is different about that ROM compared to the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davpa Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 I think I'm going to make this as a label for my Concerto cart. What do you think? I still haven't been able to run 2600 roms with the 7800 roms. If anyone can tell me how to fix that, that would be great. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_q_atari Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 I think the label is awesome. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulao Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Hey guys, I'm trying not to bother the author here, I image he is busy with other things. I got the cart and prepared the SD. A lot of 7800 games were freezing up and now most do not even boot. Is this likely a SD card issue? Do most games play ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 58 minutes ago, ulao said: Hey guys, I'm trying not to bother the author here, I image he is busy with other things. I got the cart and prepared the SD. A lot of 7800 games were freezing up and now most do not even boot. Is this likely a SD card issue? Do most games play ok? Which firmware is installed? It could well be an SD card issue, I know that I had problems with a couple of SD cards before finding a stable one. Worth looking at the early posts in this thread for some info about which cards work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogerpoco Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 1 hour ago, ulao said: Hey guys, I'm trying not to bother the author here, I image he is busy with other things. I got the cart and prepared the SD. A lot of 7800 games were freezing up and now most do not even boot. Is this likely a SD card issue? Do most games play ok? I don't have as much experience with different firmwares for different devices and stuff as I do the SD cards themselves. It does sound like it might simply be a formatting issue. Make sure to do a full format, not a quick format. Also, I dunno what the Concerto can handle, but it's always a good idea to try to find an SD card that is as small as possible, storage-wise, that's caused me problems in the past on some devices. Started using/formatting SD cards when they were pretty much for cameras only, I was a tester for NEO Flash, NDS flashcarts, formatting, and understanding how to do it was pretty important in that testing process. "Caveman", no real tech knowledge, but I'd try the reformatting thing a while before messing with the firmware. (The firmware update actually scares me, haha, so I'm NOT yur "tech resource", haha!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulao Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 9 minutes ago, mimo said: Which firmware is installed? It could well be an SD card issue, I know that I had problems with a couple of SD cards before finding a stable one. Worth looking at the early posts in this thread for some info about which cards work Is there a place to get firmware and how to update, I asked but was not given any info on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 1 minute ago, ulao said: Is there a place to get firmware and how to update, I asked but was not given any info on that. Firmware updates are available in the pinned firmware thread. There are a couple of different methods depending on your start point. But you will have to read through the thread to gather the info https://atariage.com/forums/topic/314640-concerto-firmware-thread/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 24 minutes ago, ulao said: Is there a place to get firmware and how to update, I asked but was not given any info on that. See here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulao Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 (edited) yup I got it now, is there a place for the latest firmware or do we need to sift thru all 30 some pages to find it? S0 trying the 95 I put it on an sd and booted up the cart, got nothing but a flashing color screen, waited 15 minutes. Gave up and now my other SD does the same thing. So guessing something whet wrong. I saw the post about flashing from a PC ok on the latest 95 ( I think) games still freeze will try another card. Edited June 7, 2022 by ulao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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