Prizrak Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 I've heard that a new Harmony is being developed. Should I buy an encore now (already have regular one) or should I wait for the new one? Any major differences? Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+batari Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 There are not currently any plans for a new Harmony cart at this time but more that an upgrade may be available for existing carts to support new games being developed. All older carts are upgradable, actually. I don’t plan on ceasing production of the existing Harmony at this time. There isn’t a point in upgrading now as there aren’t even demos of these games out, and it’s always a possibility that the game authors will ultimately not use the extra memory these games require. As for getting an Encore, the firmware is being retooled and there will be two versions. One will be for standard Harmony carts and the changes will mostly be bug fixes and minor improvements. For encore an enhanced firmware is in the works. The reason is that there are features and planned that the standard Harmony will not support. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prizrak Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 Gotcha, I knew that updated software was coming but thought new hardware as well. Sorry for the misunderstanding, guess an Encore is on my list then huh.Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr SQL Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 4 hours ago, batari said: There are not currently any plans for a new Harmony cart at this time but more that an upgrade may be available for existing carts to support new games being developed. All older carts are upgradable, actually. I don’t plan on ceasing production of the existing Harmony at this time. There isn’t a point in upgrading now as there aren’t even demos of these games out, and it’s always a possibility that the game authors will ultimately not use the extra memory these games require. Very cool I'm looking forward to the firmware upgrade for the existing Harmony carts to allow for larger modular programs for SuperCharger Disk BASIC - I just released this edition and the Harmony runs the modular programs the most smoothly like a FastLoader by not emulating those 1541 loading bars; I hope that gets ported to carts that have the waiting time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garycimera1968 Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 I'm always very late to the party. Has there been an updated firmware released for the Encore. I had my Harmony upgraded to an Encore last April I believe. Is that firmware still current? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDTV1080P Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 The new version of the Harmony Encore SD cartridge is better when compared to the older design. I posted brief information about this in the following thread. New Harmony product: Harmony Encore - Page 18 - Harmony Cartridge - AtariAge Forums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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