All ?
I pulled my old PC/AT off the shelf to see if I could get Windows 1 running on it (since I
just located the Windows 1.04 SDK which I have running in Bochs). It worked when shelved
years ago, but it unfortunately suffered some case damage from a leaky battery. No damage
to the mobo or cards thankfully. I replaced the battery with a 4-AA pack.
Basically, the PC won?t come out of reset. I tested the power supply with a load tester
specifically for PC power supplies and it reports power_good and all voltages look good on
a meter. So far, so good. I dug out my ISA POST diagnostics card which also has a PG
tester in it. This reports no_PG but I do see the reset pulse on the bus. Not sure why one
would report OK and one not.
I have a spare generic power supply (which also tests good using the same tester) and
produces the same result. I have no cards installed but I tried it with floppy/hard drives
both connected or not connected.
I traced the PG signal from the power supply through the 82284 clock driver/ready
interface chip and the PG is definitely there (transitioning L->H on power-on) and
RESET is transitioning H->L.
Any recommendations on where to go from here? Does anyone have an extra
PC/AT motherboard they would be willing to part with?
As an aside, would this have been a typical development machine? AT was introduced in
August 1984 and Windows 1.04 was released in 1987 so I?m guessing probably.
Thanks!
Rich
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Rich Cini
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