+x=usr(1536) Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 @BIGHMW: Please let me know (via PM) if you could use recommendations for an independent VW shop in your neck of the woods. I'd expect them to be quite a bit cheaper than the dealer, but you may have to get your car over to Seattle proper in order to have them look at it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+batari Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Happy Black Friday! At least, it is still Black Friday here and in honor of the day, it is time to make some Concertos available to the public! This is the pre-production, special edition of Concerto, available at an introductory price of $89 with free shipping in the USA. I have enough supplies for roughly 120 of these, ready to go as quickly as I can put them together, and more will be coming in a few weeks. Hardware has been done for a while and supplies have been here for a while too. I am continuing to improve the firmware, and this will continue, so if you order now, make sure you keep up on firmware updates so you can have the latest features and best functionality. I am not taking anyone's money unless I am able to get a Concerto to them in a timely manner. As such, there is no pre-order list and I am not taking backorders at this time. How I am handling this is an inventory-controlled order site. If you go to the site and see it's sold out, be patient as I will be adding more inventory as I am able to catch up with the current orders. Payment: The payment processor takes credit cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay, but requires a subscription to take Paypal. I can't control inventory across two sites, so Paypal is not available as a payment option until I no longer need to control inventory. The order site is http://concerto.atariage.com. For today, I am putting up an inventory of 12. As I am able to get orders out, I will continue to add more inventory. If you share the order link with anyone, I'd appreciate if you would link to this posting! 20 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+eebuckeye Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 (edited) Got one! Glad I was up late tonight! ? Any difference from pre-production to final? Other than final code. Edited November 28, 2020 by eebuckeye 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Boom! Ordered! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+batari Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Just now, eebuckeye said: Got one! Glad I was up late tonight! ? Any difference from pre-production to final? The pre-production version sold now is the same as the final version (The PCB may change for easier assembly, but electrically, it will be the same.) The older Concertos out there (sold 2015-2016) have a different USB chip than the current version, but are otherwise compatible with the current version. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swami Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 17 minutes ago, batari said: The pre-production version sold now is the same as the final version (The PCB may change for easier assembly, but electrically, it will be the same.) The older Concertos out there (sold 2015-2016) have a different USB chip than the current version, but are otherwise compatible with the current version. I can't say as I ever fully understood why some POKEY homebrew roms never had sound on the previous Concerto (e.g., Bentley Bear at $4000 or $400), but will it work for this version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Ordered! -Thank you! ? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0ckery Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Got my order in thanks batari! Very keen to try this out and see it develop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrobits Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Ordered! Thank you batari! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_q_atari Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Sweet! Ordered! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Ordered, thank you very much Fred! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+batari Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Swami said: I can't say as I ever fully understood why some POKEY homebrew roms never had sound on the previous Concerto (e.g., Bentley Bear at $4000 or $400), but will it work for this version? This version has support for POKEY @0450. (The older Concertos will too if owners send them back to me for updates!) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bszarek001 Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Holy crap. I got the last one! That’s what I get for waking up late here in Europe. Ordered. Thanks Batari! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikebloke Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 (edited) I've been checking every day and I was up all night and didn't even think to check when I couldn't sleep. ? missed out. Edit: sorry don't mind me just self pity for lack of sleep lol. I'll get one of them when they are available ? Edited November 28, 2020 by Mikebloke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DrVenkman Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 This is what’s I get for going to bed early. Oh well. Glad to see the first retail units heading out to folks. I’ll have to grab one from a future batch. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 In the same boat at the good doctor...Maybe Ray, Egon, or Winston got one. Looks like it started to go on sale ~1 AM EST. Demand is quite high. Oh, well...looking forward to a future batch as well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+x=usr(1536) Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Ah, well. Glad they're going out, and I'll keep an eye open for the next batch 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bszarek001 Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 I just hope there won’t be much scalping of these....though it wouldn’t surprise me if they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamma Goochee Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 (edited) It looks like congratulations to Batari are in order! I understand that this has been a long time coming. The timing is perfect as I’m just getting into the 7800 scene and it looks like this might blow the doors off, so to speak. I have a Harmony cart and it’s been a — ahem — game changer! I missed out on this round, but I might get lucky when the next batch is posted. Is there label artwork yet? Is it this? Edited November 28, 2020 by Gamma Goochee Slight wording change - just my OCD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 1 hour ago, bszarek001 said: I just hope there won’t be much scalping of these....though it wouldn’t surprise me if they were. Why would a buyer be so stupid to not wait a month or two or six to get their Concerto? Prob same people that need a ps5 for over 1k...lol idiots everywhere! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Missed this first batch. I'll keep on checking. Glad to see are available, though! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulderr Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Dang I missed it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulderr Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 So only 12 were sold last night? Do you have an idea of when you will be offering up another batch from the remaining 108? My Atari 7800 has been lonely too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsaluki Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Ditto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electronicsibley Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Yup, I’ll be ordering one as well. I’ll keep an eye out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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