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cd-w is trying to find time for Atari coding, but real life keeps interfering!

In Topic: Remember last position

Posted 12 Mar 2010
It is something that we considered during development, but there were three problems:
- What to do if the SD card changes?
- Where to store the directory information - there isn't space to add SD card or EEPROM writing?
- What to do when you don't want to go back to the previous entry - we would probably need a short-cut back to the top?
I couldn't think of a good way to solve these issues, so this feature was not added.

Chris
In Topic: Harmony -VS- Krokodile

Posted 12 Mar 2010

cashcow06, on Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:49 AM, said:
Thank you for all of your comments. I think I will hold off until the 7800 Harmony is ready.

Development hasn't yet started on the Harmony 7800, and it may never happen. Even if it does, it will only work on the 7800, so you will still want a regular Harmony to play games on a 2600.

Chris
In Topic: Flashback2 Harmony Mod

Posted 9 Mar 2010
atarinewbie, on Thu Mar 4, 2010 3:34 AM, said:
Unfortunately that's where my success seems to end. I wired it all up, closed it up, and it looks really nice but doesn't work. All I get on the screen is garbage. I opened it up and tried with the several game cartridges with the same result, and also get garbage on the screen if it's turned on without a cartridge in at all. I checked and rechecked over my wiring, did continuity and short checks, checked for power at the cartridge (4v not 5v, right?), and even shortened the ribbon cable and resoldered everything, all to no avail. I reopened J3 and closed J9, and the on-board games seem to work, though always in b/w (I was too excited to pull it apart to check if it worked right out of the box, so I'm not sure if this is a related problem ). Any suggestions on what else I should check or what I might have damaged? Also, please verify that the pins labeled 13-24 on the Harmony cart correspond to pin numbers 1-12 on the FB2 (though I tried it in both orientations, with the same results, which hopefully didn't damage anything)
Thanks again for the help!

Did you get it to work? The most likely cause is that the pins are wired-up incorrectly. Here is the wiring diagram looking down onto the end of the Harmony cart (i.e. the same as looking down onto the Atari 2600 cart socket). The numbers correspond to the ones on the FB2 PCB:
```
      24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 
     ,------------------------------------,
     |                                    |
     |   [SD CARD SLOT]   [USB]           |
     |                                    |
     `------------------------------------'
      01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
```
Chris
In Topic: How to read NES controllers on a 2600

Posted 9 Mar 2010

Nice work! I wonder if it would be possible to do the translation in hardware (e.g. using a PIC micro-controller, or simpler) so that it would be compatible with existing games?

Chris
In Topic: I have a Hamony Cart so any point in still getting STARPATH SUPERCHARGER?

Posted 9 Mar 2010

OldSchoolRetroGamer, on Tue Mar 9, 2010 6:32 PM, said:
OK thanks! Good to know. WHERE can I get these "combined ROM files" or can I create / make them myself? Can I create them from the CD contents? Sorry I am new to this stuff...........

Rom Hunter's Atari 2600 ROM Collection on AtariMania has the converted files.

Chris