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Dynamac EL manual?

james_w

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I've started to disassemble my Dynamac EL (which uses a complete Mac Plus logicboard inside) to restore its PSU, which is currently dead.

Whilst I'm working on it I've been wondering if anyone has a clue if there are any user or service manuals in existence?

I'd love to get hold of copies or at least scans/photos of them if anyone does!

 

james_w

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Great!

Are you up for scanning / photographing the pages of the manual and sharing?

It would also be brilliant if you wouldn't mind imaging the disks and sharing them too? - my Dynamac came with nothing besides its mouse.

 

haplain

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I tried to image the disks but they can't be read :(  

I will see about scanning the manual. If I can get it apart I'd be happy to but taking a pic of each page would be intense.

 

james_w

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Boo that's a shame.

I've managed to get my Dynamac working again, but I'm pretty sure it needs special drivers to get the screen working in 640 x 400... I'll do some more searching but this is some rare software!

 

james_w

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Just wanted to leave a few photos here of the Dynamac fully working.

I'm still very confused as to how to get the screen working in the claimed resolution of 640 x 400 - I can only get 512 x 342.

I've done a ROM dump and it seems identical to a Mac Plus ROM, so my guess is that there's some custom software driver. If anyone can help with that I'd be very grateful!

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haplain

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I will mess around with mine tomorrow. I can't recall if I've been able to get it up to the full resolution. I will try to create some floppies for you if it does and send them to you. 

 

james_w

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I will mess around with mine tomorrow. I can't recall if I've been able to get it up to the full resolution. I will try to create some floppies for you if it does and send them to you. 
That would be so great - thank you :)

 

james_w

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Oh! I just came across this photo of your Dynamac, Haplain...

http://www.applefool.com/se30/images/img/ua47u0w1.png

From that picture it sure looks like yours is running in the full 640 x 400 resolution! :) Which is great news - as long as the hard disk hasn't gone the same way as your floppy disks, and the [presumed] software can be recovered from it. The hard disk in my one does seem to stick often - I have to open it up and carefully turn the platters then it runs again for a day or so :-/ Perhaps needs some grease somewhere...

(also note the "Hard Disk Init" in the "Utilities Folder" - it has a Dynamac icon so that bodes well that you have other stuff on there)

 
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haplain

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Last time I messed with it, which was about 3 months ago, she was all good. I will mess with it tonight and try to make a copy of the control panel stuff. More to come. PM me as well so I can get your address and send it to you. 

 

james_w

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Huge kudos to Hap for sorting me out with the Dynamac software - now happily running in its native resolution :D

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