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Santo Nucifora

@vintagecomputer.ca

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Vintage computer collector and maintainer of https://vintagecomputer.ca I was previously known as "MrGoodBits" on Twitter. I'll be posting various pics of mostly historical computers from my vintage computer collection.

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Santo Nucifora @vintagecomputer.ca · 2d

Yes.

This is a picture of three #Commodore MOS Kim-1s revision G with two having black sockets and one having white sockets. #vintagecomputer #retrocomputing

Santo Nucifora @vintagecomputer.ca · 4d

Got my Tecmar Mac Drive working after recapping and repairing the power supply and replacing a shorted cap on the main PCB board. Very cool serial based drive that was available BEFORE Apple's HD20 hard drive solution. #Macintosh #vintagecomputer #retrocomputing

This is a picture of a Tecmar 10 MB Mac Drive that works on a Mac 128K computer. It boots from floppy but spits out the floppy as it's booting and continues to boot from the hard drive. It has an early Syquest drive that takes a 5MB cartridge. I don't have one of those, unfortunately.

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Santo Nucifora @vintagecomputer.ca · 7d

All this Husky Hunter talk is going to make me break out my Husky Hunter that has bad battery damage. Maybe it's time to give it another shot.

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Santo Nucifora @vintagecomputer.ca · 12d

I haven't posted a decent computer pic in a while. How about this one?

This is the Comterm Max PC clone in a wedge case. First available in 1984, these were used in schools in Quebec, Canada. From the makers of the Dynalogic (Bytec-Comterm) Hyperion. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing

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Santo Nucifora @vintagecomputer.ca · 13d

You got ThinkerDifferent post.

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Santo Nucifora @vintagecomputer.ca · 13d

Playing the "Trivia Talker II" game by #Votrax on the #Commodore 64 with the "Votalker C-64" cartridge installed. I love the classic sound of the speech synthesis from the SC-01 chip within. #vintagecomputer #retrocomputer

Volume UP when watching!

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Santo Nucifora @vintagecomputer.ca · 18d

Working on a Tandon computer with an MFM hard drive. I didn't realize you could terminate the drive chain by plugging in a resistor pack terminator this way. I've never seen this before. Very cool. #vintagecomputer #retrocomputer

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Santo Nucifora @vintagecomputer.ca · 19d

Found a Memotech keyboard for the ZX81 that doesn't appear to be used. I'm not usually a "box" person but this is a nice one. Will have to try it out the next time Sinclair is in the "review and see if everything still works" rotation. #vintagecomputer #retrcomputer

This is an image of an after-market Memotech Plug-in Keyboard for the ZX81 computer.

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Santo Nucifora @vintagecomputer.ca · 21d

Happy 50th anniversary to the MOS 6502! Could Microchess for the KIM-1 be the first commercially available game for the 6502? The yellow booklet of the left is version 1.0. You typed it in yourself but there was an optional cassette. Let me know your thoughts. #vintagecomputer #retrocomputer

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Santo Nucifora @vintagecomputer.ca · Sep 6

Awesome. My first Displayphone didn't have a power supply so I used a Meanwell RT-65B and a project box from Amazon to fit the power supply and a switch in it. Worked out well. Glad you got it going. Does the serial port work?

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Nicolas Mailloux (Maillouski) @nicolasmailloux.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Santo Nucifora @vintagecomputer.ca · Sep 4

If you've ever dealt with a swollen laptop battery, you'll love these throw pillows on Aliexpress. When I saw these, I thought they were hilarious :)

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Santo Nucifora @vintagecomputer.ca · Sep 3

Here are the voltages. I only saw a flash in the CRT neck when turning on. No glow while it operated. I did start with nothing on screen until I adjusted the brightness but still no glow. I have to fix a cold solder joint while I'm at it :) Good luck!

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Santo Nucifora @vintagecomputer.ca · Sep 3

I need to make little room to dig it out and check. Can these readings be done with just the monitor cover off? Can you send a pic of which connector and where the connector connects? Its been a while since I've opened one and I have three now. One has a bad keyboard.

Santo Nucifora @vintagecomputer.ca · Sep 1

That sucks. Sorry, I was out. You have bigger issues to deal with at the moment but just for you to confirm later on, here is my EPROM placement.

Santo Nucifora @vintagecomputer.ca · Sep 1

How can I help?

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Santo Nucifora @vintagecomputer.ca · Sep 1

Yes, I did get it working with the "6V0" version of the firmware here: biosrhythm.com?p=1628 Good luck!

» Northern Telecom Displayphone Firmware ROMs and Information

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Santo Nucifora @vintagecomputer.ca · Aug 14

As an AppleSauce owner, I hope you can cover what the difference between the normal AppleSauce and the AppleSauce+ units are. Unsure if I would upgrade at this point.

Santo Nucifora @vintagecomputer.ca · Aug 1

It's a RaSCSI board. I am trying to use it to emulate a SASI hard drive.

Santo Nucifora @vintagecomputer.ca · Aug 1

Was lucky to find it from eBay.

Santo Nucifora @vintagecomputer.ca · Jul 21

I'd have to go with this Apple Lisa 1 battery damage. Parts were literally falling off when touched. It's very common if the batteries were not removed. I had to find an alternate I/O board but it could have been an ugly repair.

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Lori Emerson @loriemerson.net · Jul 14

ever wondered what it would be like to access Canada's cable TV network NABU from 1984 in 2025? wonder no mo'! some background on NABU from my book and pictures of today's explorations of the server files #othernetworks @mediaarchaeology.bsky.social loriemerson.net/2025/07/14/e...

exploring NABU in 2025, a Canadian cable TV network from 1984

One of the networks I wrote about in Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook is the NABU Network (or the Natural Access to Bi-Directional Utilities Network). This was the only instance of a…

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Santo Nucifora @vintagecomputer.ca · Jul 10

Decapped a Microsystems International Limited (MIL) MF7115 RAM chip from 1972. This was part of the chipset of the MF7114 CPU that started out as the #Intel 4005 (4004 follow up). After Intel abandoned it, MIL continued the design work. It and this RAM vanished into obscurity after 8008 came out.

This is a die shot of the Microsystems International Limited (MIL) MF7115 RM chip. #vintagecomputer #retrocomputer

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Santo Nucifora @vintagecomputer.ca · Jul 9

Very cool restoration. I have personally used Ninjaflex for stuff like this including belts. Works well.

Santo Nucifora @vintagecomputer.ca · Jul 3

It's all about the tools, really. I guess I pass the shaky hands test though :)

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