grastukker
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Hello everyone,
I'm Jeroen, I am 28 years old and I live in Hengelo, a little town in holland, near the german border.
I have an old Unisys pw2 computer and would like to know more about it.
My uncle gave me this computer in the late 90's and it still worked, untill a neighbor came by with a keyboard and would like to know if it still worked.
I plugged it in the Unisys, and started it. The keyboard wire was getting a bit warm(not hot) so i turned it off immediately. From that moment, the computer didn't work anymore (I know, it was a stupid action, but I was twelve at the time and didn't had any expirience then).
It still started, but did not respond on it's original keyboard anymore.
It gave the following report:
keyboard failure
keyboard controller failure
0,64k Base Memory, 00000k Extended
Gate A20 failure
Decreasing available memory
Does anybody know how to get this old Unisys back to live?
I searched the interned with this failure and think that the keyboard controller chip might possibly be dead ?¿?
The specs from the Chip are: Intel P8042AH 2219
3911-9037
On the edge of the Mainboard stands: PW2 300 CPU BOARD
I appreciate every information with regard to this old machine, also its age, etc etc.
I'm Jeroen, I am 28 years old and I live in Hengelo, a little town in holland, near the german border.
I have an old Unisys pw2 computer and would like to know more about it.
My uncle gave me this computer in the late 90's and it still worked, untill a neighbor came by with a keyboard and would like to know if it still worked.
I plugged it in the Unisys, and started it. The keyboard wire was getting a bit warm(not hot) so i turned it off immediately. From that moment, the computer didn't work anymore (I know, it was a stupid action, but I was twelve at the time and didn't had any expirience then).
It still started, but did not respond on it's original keyboard anymore.
It gave the following report:
keyboard failure
keyboard controller failure
0,64k Base Memory, 00000k Extended
Gate A20 failure
Decreasing available memory
Does anybody know how to get this old Unisys back to live?
I searched the interned with this failure and think that the keyboard controller chip might possibly be dead ?¿?
The specs from the Chip are: Intel P8042AH 2219
3911-9037
On the edge of the Mainboard stands: PW2 300 CPU BOARD
I appreciate every information with regard to this old machine, also its age, etc etc.