Is the Super Magic Drive a cheap Everdrive? How to setup SMD800 - YouTube

[@Peternielsen88]

Lovely. I had one of these back in 1995. I had around 300 games. A couple of years later it was stolen from me and this is the first time I see one again. =)

[@paratext]

Wow, I'm so sorry that yours was stolen. I'm glad you were able to still get some joy from seeing this video.

[@thegreatjonzini]

Great video I have a similar snes version with a floppy drive built in

[@danielalexander9233]

Ahhh, nostalgia! I bought one of these back when I was 15-16 in 1991-'92 from a place called MegaWare in Sunderland (north east England). It came with a white floppy disk drive, I can't remember the price but it was totally worth it. I sold my big game collection to fund the purchase but I knew it would pay for itself in no time once I'd copied all my friends' games. I would rent games briefly (and cheaply), copy them to disk and then return the cartridge, I ended up with hundreds of games. The only down side as I remember was that I had to keep buying floppy disks from MegaWare because they were specially formatted to be used with the Magic Drive. Happy days :)

[@infinity2z3r07]

I'm a 90s kid and I don't have even a vague recollection of these devices. Really cool stuff! Hard to imagine a Nintendo equivalent, but there must be one.

[@GlobalGarageAus]

Infinity2z3r0 There’s a lot of these devices out there for all consoles. They’re all Chinese made and unofficial.

[@LFOSyncToo]

You might want to cover the ROM window with black tape to avoid the exposure to light....

[@GlobalGarageAus]

OldTekBench Yes I did after the video was made. The windows respond to ultraviolet light only but you can’t be too careful

[@Sheevlord]

@@GlobalGarageAus Someone (can't remember who from the top of my head) did an experiment: he burned a EEPROM and left it on the bench for a while, periodically checking the data integrity on it. Even though it was never in direct sunlight or exposed to artificial UV light it took several weeks for data to get slightly corrupted. Moral of the story: even indirect sunlight can cause data degradation in an EEPROM, it just takes a while. EDIT: I think I found that video /watch?v=_vWgsZF5Ecg

[@GlobalGarageAus]

@@Sheevlord Thanks Ill check that out. I now put stickers over the window right away. I have a roll of them that fit DIP40s perfectly. It's all so old school but I really like the tech of manipulating a chip with light.

[@freddie9116]

nice vid, proof of concept for everdrive, sega channel, and dev. hardware. wonder what the second parallel port is for?

[@GlobalGarageAus]

Fred Hamilton The second parallel port connects to the floppy drive. Unneeded these days.

[@poepeter8394]

I didnt know this But the device became absolete nowadays. You can get the roms from the internet 😁

[@retrosorkas775]

Video very helpfull video, bought such device recently, chances are low, but maybe you still have somewhere Charles MacDonald's SMD Utility, all download links on internet are dead, its imposiible to find that tool anymore.

[@jimg2345]

Interesting vid, thanks :)

[@GadgetUK164]

Nice video =D I would say though its pretty weak compared to the Everdrive (ie. size of carts supported, and pain in the a$$ to connect up to PC these days), and in europe these often cost MORE than an Everdrive lol! Not so expensive if you can find one like this described as faulty or incomplete etc. Nice bit of kit though!!! Always wanted one of these!

[@GlobalGarageAus]

GadgetUK164 - Retro Gaming Repairs & Mods Thanks mate. Yep this one was cheap as it was sold as untested and without floppy. I’m actually making a follow up video video now as I’ve got it working on Win10 with better software.

[@Siktah]

Question - is the cart slot also a basic passthrough allowing 32X connection?

[@intel386DX]

3:20 please cover that windows with black electric tape ,or the ROM will be erased by the light !

[@nurfuermist]

Good video. Do you have a link where to buy such an awesome desk pad?

[@GlobalGarageAus]

nurfuermist Yes will update the description when I find the link. Check back in a day.

[@TheFrenchy82]

wow! .. find a computer with parallels ports.. good luck ! Reminds me of the Doctor V64 , on Nintendo 64. Same idea... piracy ! well done with this Super Magic Drive !

[@GlobalGarageAus]

TheFrenchy82 Stay tuned for a part 2!

[@TheFrenchy82]

I'll be here ! :-)

[@wofidood4821]

How much are these old things worth?

[@zenmaster24]

was this available back in the day in australia? also, what about a usb to parallel adapter?

[@GlobalGarageAus]

zen Not officially available in Australia but as we’re so close to Asia a lot of these ROM dumping tools flooded into the market from Hong Kong. I remember seeing them everywhere in the early 90s.

[@StephenEdwardsStepnage]

Hi did you ever sell this? I have been searching for one for a long time

[@GlobalGarageAus]

Stephen Edwards Yes it sold to a viewer in the UK

[@kardeef33317]

Actually this was made before windows. Any Windows version after Windows 98 will not allow software to directly access memory or hardware and the software will not work. Windows XP works sometimes depending on what the software is trying to do. Running the program in DOSBox or similar programs might work because it emulates direct access to memory and hardware. Hope this helps anyone trying to run anything made for Win95, Win98 or Dos. Win95 and Win 98 run on top of Dos, like how Android runs on top of Linux.

[@SparksNZeros]

as with all things in life we must ask the eternal question, WILL IT TRUXTON!?

[@QLTD]

I hate these batteries, they always leak

[@GlobalGarageAus]

Quick Look n Teardown Classic 90s Nicad

[@robertmclaren1456]

If you do sell it, I would buy it....

[@GlobalGarageAus]

Robert Mclaren I’ll reply again when I list it for sale.

[@robertmclaren1456]

Amazing, Thanks

[@GlobalGarageAus]

@@robertmclaren1456 Ok im done with it now, so it's all yours if you want it. - email me here - [e-mail]

[@robertmclaren1456]

Email sent

[@SiD3WiNDR]

Eheheh, "should have run XP because it's the generation of this stuff". You're like 10 years too far in the future still... ;-o

[@poopfacedude69]

ucon64 works fine for me in windows 10.

[@GlobalGarageAus]

Plastic Thank you for this info. I didn’t know about that tool. This will be the basis of a part 2 video this week

[@GlobalGarageAus]

Do you have an SMD800 or a different model? What's your exact command line?