Manual now scanned Dynamo HS-1 HS-2 HS-3 HS-4 Universal JAMMA manual scan

[Dr Zero]

I got a copy of this manual and I didnt see it in the ones from the text file site but before I scanned in all those pages I thought I would check.

[drpcken]

I think I got the HS2, not sure though   Good find!

[SavannahLion]

Huh, I didn't even realize there was a manual for those things. Yeah, I'd be interested. What kind of information does it have? If it's just "how to plug in a JAMMA board" then it's kind of useless except for archival purposes. If it's got other information like measurements and parts,then I can see some real value in it.

Scan it and tell us who is hosting it.

[Dr Zero]

There are drawings of the different models and info on control pane lay outs and  several wiring diagrams soldering info for non jamma boards and the basics of how to put in a kit and get the unit ready.

I will finish scanning in and cleaning up the pages and put it up for D/L in PDF format this week sometime.

I have a HS-4 and thought it would be cool to have the manual for it so I got this one off ebay and figured I would share, but didn't want to re invent the wheel if it had been done 

[Dr Zero]

The manual is up for D/L now enjoy!

http://www.drzero.org/videogames/dynamo/

[Kevin Mullins]

Wouldn't open for me. 

[Ginsu Victim]

Wouldn't open for me. 

Me either.

[saint]

Use this link:

http://www.drzero.org/videogames/dynamo/Dynamo%20hs1%20hs2%20hs3%20hs4%20Universal%20jamma.pdf

[SavannahLion]

Please don't take this the wrong way. I am truly grateful for what you put up, this is actually a pdf technical question.

What's with the artifacts? First page (red cover) actually sports what looks like JPEG compression artifacts. Did you scan these pages as jpeg then convert them to a pdf or is it a function of the pdf format?

[Dr Zero]

Thanks for the heads up on the bad link!  The new file is uploading should be up by 8am


The artifacts are the only way to get the scan down to a reasonable size I cant put up the original its 40mb I will post up another that is better quality that is a compromise its close to 8mb.

They were scanned in b/w 300dpi then run through a compressor and then into pdf I turned the compression down some and rebuilt the pdf see how that one does.

Also the red cover is just for when it gets sold on ebay people will know its a reprint it should be freely given.

It looks like the larger one did not make it I will see about getting it re uploaded during the day otherwise it wont happen till tonight.

The joys of living in a rural area with no highspeed internet.

[bkenobi]

PDF is a special type of html document (sorta).  To answer your question, yes the images are jpg inside the pdf. 

[Kevin Mullins]

Got it this time. 
(larger version didn't open though)

Someone was just asking about that Dynamo Interface Board for Non-Jamma games that is listed is your manual. They were trying to identify it.
(now to remember where that was posted)

[Dr Zero]

Got it this time. 
(larger version didn't open though)

Someone was just asking about that Dynamo Interface Board for Non-Jamma games that is listed is your manual. They were trying to identify it.
(now to remember where that was posted)

Cool beans!

I asked the wife to re upload the larger one it takes about 30 min to upload that one file 

Larger one still a no go not sure of the cause will re try later maybe slip out to a friends with dsl 

Printed the version that is up and working and other than the cover it came out ok 

For those who cant wait just print the cover from the first post and stick it on top then bind it. 

[Kevin Mullins]

Printed the version that is up and working and other than the cover it came out ok 

Oh most definitely the smaller version is more than good enough. Turned out nicely.
I myself don't care about the cover....... the techy stuff inside is where it counts.
 

[SavannahLion]

I'm not bitching about the quality (unless they're technical drawings, then they better be the best possible. Some of those drawing are so bad to begin with, adding artifacts to make it worse is a no go). I'm wondering about the technical aspects of the pdf itself and why there are artifacts.

I've been meaning to get a PDF creator of some kind, but I've never had any inclination to convert any of my scanned books or manuals to pdf yet. For instance, I would love to get a better quality copy of my Sega CD manual instead of the crap photocopy Sega sent me so many years ago.

[Dr Zero]

Printed the version that is up and working and other than the cover it came out ok 

Oh most definitely the smaller version is more than good enough. Turned out nicely.
I myself don't care about the cover....... the techy stuff inside is where it counts.
 

Glad it worked out for ya!

I have my eye on a couple more but they are wanting too much for them.

[Dr Zero]

I'm not bitching about the quality (unless they're technical drawings, then they better be the best possible. Some of those drawing are so bad to begin with, adding artifacts to make it worse is a no go). I'm wondering about the technical aspects of the pdf itself and why there are artifacts.

I've been meaning to get a PDF creator of some kind, but I've never had any inclination to convert any of my scanned books or manuals to pdf yet. For instance, I would love to get a better quality copy of my Sega CD manual instead of the crap photocopy Sega sent me so many years ago.

No problem I got ya!

This one inside was not too bad since it was line art some with actual photos it can get dicey when you try to make it a manageable size for the web its a bandwith killer to have alot of large size .pdf files.

I have lots of other .pdf on my site just on other topics (I kinda became the home for alot of orphan files LOL) and some are horrible scans and so bad pdf.

I use Adobe Acrobat to make my pdf files and you can just drag and drop the images into Adobe and save as a pdf or you can highlight them and print them into Adobe's distiller and it will change the settings to suite what you are creating say a E-Book.
It will rotate and crop and adjust DPI but you have to watch it sometimes it does odd things.

If the manual is not in color just scan the file in grayscale (or color and then convert it to grayscale) this will reduce the size of the file quite a bit. You can reduce the file to true b/w (2 color) and it will be even smaller BUT you lose alot of quality in most cases that is where you get those horrible scans of old manuals and such.

The wiring diagrams in this one were 2-3 pages wide so I scanned them overlapping and mated them together and then adjusted the scale so they would be legible but fit in a 8.5 x 11 size.

The artifacts you see are from 90% compression of the jpg file to try and get the size down to 4mb the larger is about 6mb and is compressed at 60%.
They were scanned full size and then a copy was compressed and used for the pdf the ones with less compression do not have the artifacts so if you wanted to save them for posterity you would be happy with the results I think.

For the web well we have to make sacrifices.

Hope that helps to explain it a little better maybe 

[Dr Zero]

Can someone check the large file link and file for me to see it will load once D/L? I re uploaded it and I think it should work this time.

[Kevin Mullins]

7.75MB of goodness.   

[BobA]

Thanks for the DL.   Every little bit of info helps everyone in the hobby.

[Dr Zero]

Thanks for the DL.   Every little bit of info helps everyone in the hobby.

I'm just happy to be able to give something back I have learned alot here! 

7.75MB of goodness.  

Rock on! It was timing out at 5mb for some reason but I babysat this one all the way through LOL 

The large version should look a little better printed but not enough that most would notice I dont think.

Thanks for the help with verifying it for me dial up is a pain!