Review - DivMMC Future - Load Sinclair ZX Spectrum games from SD Card - Instant Loading Games
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- Join me as I review the new DivMMC Future - A brand new Jumper Free SD card device for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum range of computers from "The Future Was 8 Bit.
The DivMMC Future can load Sinclair ZX Spectrum games from an SD card, as well as save to a memory card too! It has a built in Joystick interface and is compatible with all Spectrum models. It can load game "roms" from memory card on the Spectrum 48k, 128k, 128k, 128k +2 (grey and black models) and 128k +3.
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Just back here to say "Thanks".... this video made me aware of the DivMMC-Future, and so I now have owned one for the past month or so, and use it with my Spectrums regularly; mostly with my 128k +2/B as it has the best picture and audio quality through RGB cables, that I've found yet.... loading games from this is amazing, and so relieable.... Thanks again for this video :-)
It’s now 2021 and I’ve just ordered a dvmmmc from futurewas8bit 🤟🏼🕶🤟🏼🎸
Weirdly I just had mine in my hand as your comment popped up.
I’m looking at this in August ‘21!😝 Does it work ok?
If you buy it “preloaded” what exactly comes on it? Does it come with a near complete collection of Speccy games already on it?! (That would be amazingly cool as I’m a total noob when it comes to anything like downloading roms etc.😖😝)
Do you recommend it?
Thanks 😊
@@andydavidson1278 Not sure if you are talking to me or Paul, but I do recommend it. In fact I have two. They *don't" come "preloaded" but with a small selection of allowed titles. All you do is put the SD card reader in your computer and copy the files and folders to it that you want to play. It really is that simple. You can find most games on worldofspectrum.net/games/a.html and I really recommend just adding the games you want to play, rather than every game in the world because that's a bit overwhelming and there is a LOAD of crap games for the spectrum. If you did want every game in the universe, you can download the lot from archive dot org archive.org/download/ZXSpectrum_201808/ROMS.zip
Hope this helps!
@@MarkFixesStuff Thank you so much! 😊
Bit cheeky…can you recommend an easy to use SD solution for an Amiga 500?!😝
Still enjoy mine on a retro evening.
My first +3, which I got in 1987, came with a SJS1 joystick in the package.
Before the fire I had one still in the box. It was an awful joystick and felt like it was about to snap whenever you moved it.
I bought my DivMMC years ago after watching this very video. A superb device indeed.
I was shouting (in my head') JETPAC! Choose JETPAC! :)
Great video just ordered one
Good choice! Hope you enjoy it!
BTW, no need to hit reset between games. The divMMC Future is stable as a rock, just keep jabbing NMI :D
Will it play games meant for the 128k Spectrum on the 128 Spectrum or is it just for games that need 48k?
I'll never get used to that © 1982 Amstrad 😒
It just seems so wrong ,nothing against amstrad but “Sinclair Research” forever
A lovely interface mate :) looking forward for the final stage :) !!great vid :)!!Love those SD interfaces!
Was looking at the website for this looks a great device .
4:14 "What can we pick here that's a classic", then scrolls past Jet Pac about a hundred times
*Picks Chaos*
Great SD solution for the Spectrum =D Wow the RF was bad on that +3 lol
The RC's are doing the rounds, if you're a lucky boy you might get ya mitts on one.
Wow, I hope so =D VIC-20 Penultimate video should land this weekend! =D
Pleasure to watch the review. 60fps is the way to go!
I bought that revision of +3, took it back to Allders due to the distorted sound and got a full refund as had bought it for making music. Cheers for the vid.
Did you ever make any early electronic music on the spectrum? It was one of those things that people didn't expect the spectrum to be able to do it.
Good stuff Mark. You'll be one of the first to get the molded version.. Still on track for Q1 17. And we'll be doing a reveal of it's hidden feature when it's about to ship. I don't know of any divMMC's that have the same secret function:D More on that.. in the Future :D www.divmmc.com/divmmcfuture.html
Hi Mark, what kind of decoder you used to convert aerial signal to VGA or other? thanks
I tend to use RGB SCART cables to a cheap HDMI upscaler from Amazon. I avoid RF as much as possible.
@@MarkFixesStuff thanks Mark, I've the ZXHD already, but I was looking for something to test the original rf out of my spectrums without a old tv. thanks
@@JGRStudios lots of people use an old VCR with scart out and RF in.
@@MarkFixesStuff thanks, I already used this, I hope was something new and more spacesaver. thanks
I have finally got myself another speccy after all these years and have been asking on the groups which SD card reader to get and although this is a pricey option I think this is the one I am going to get although it will have to wait so it's going to be tapes and MP3 loading for me for a bit.
It's a good choice.
"err... I think I made that!". Gold :-)
I did bloody make it.
Hmmm divMMC Future this is £90 on eBay now, that waaaay more expensive than a second-hand speccy, see another device in Russia, the ShamaZX divMMC for ZX Spectrum at £56 can you chekc that out Mark?
The DivMMC Future is only £59 at the moment on the TFW8B website, normally £69? www.thefuturewas8bit.com/shop/sinclair/divmmcfuture.html
I will look into the ShamaZX. I have not heard of it.
I have one of these, I have the larger version, nice fast loading but I miss the good old loading screens of the games.
To save me searching through all your videos have you ever done a Spectrum recap one ?
Also what do I look for picture wise that tells me it needs doing ?
No Chris. Something else on the to-do list. Usually after 30 years the caps are simply dried out so no real visible symptoms.
OK, thanks :)
Is there anything better / more affordable for speccy than this or this interface is a way to go?
Either this or the DIVMMC EnJoy from bytedelight are the way to go.
Hey mark , it's Lord Sugar now , LOL
I realised that I messed up when I was editing. I hoped that no-one would notice... You dashed those hopes.... CURSES!
There’s only 25 games on the sd card?
You can add your own. Legal stuff etc...
Those games shown on the card are NOT what you get if you order a DivMMC Future with SD card. You do get a few starter games, but nothing that was 'known' back in the day.... there is also a newer file system added to the SD card which includes C64 and BBC freeware stuff too!! Plenty of room though (it is a 16GB SD card) to add your own TAP and Z80 Spectrum files onto. :-)
Mark Fixes Stuff ...sound thx
Steve's Stuff cool thx Steve
nice !works on speccy +2 grey you reckon?
dvide had some plastic contact anomaly issues with connecting it to speccy+2...
Yes. Works great. Make sure your edge connector is very clean though.
Could this have a multiface feature? Used to input pokes etc?
Will it work on a +2 a Mark?
Yes - All Spectrums!
keiran bowes Hoorays!
Can you use the FATware firmware from the DivIDE on this device as that has long file name support?
+UK Retro Gamer I’m not sure. You’d need to ask The Future Was 8 Bit.
Hi, unfortunately you can't. DivMMC uses the SPI protocol instead of ATA, therefore the low-level interfacing routines are different. There wasn't any publicly available documentation back when DivMMC got released. Although I have a working SPI driver I never forced myself to update FATware. I just felt that esxDOS was already a mature system. Honestly, it takes many months of development and unlike hardware manufacturers I never got a single penny. Only Zaxon once sent me an interface for testing. Not that I don't enjoy doing it but naturally I can't wholly commit myself to such a project, especially if I'm expected to buy hardware from the very same people who will then flash the firmware and proceed to sell interfaces.
Skills of a drunken octopus - you'd make a good developer then :-)
how does it differ from the DIVIDE?
Jumperless so zero configuration between machines with different edge connectors. There is apparently a "secret feature" that will be announced at launch too.
1.8k views, so many lazy thumbers :)
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Fantastic review. Where can you find .tap files? I'm dying to play some of the greats. .tzx seems to be out. z80 seems to work but they are all hard to find by my searches.
Search the TOSEC! Sinclair Spectrum TOSEC has the .tap files
@@MarkFixesStuff TY so much!