so this is interesting, I put it into another Mac OS 10.14 host and it comes to life, I put it into the original 10.14 device and it works now !
I put it into a 10.15 device, and it doesn't work, I put it back into the original 10.14 device and it doesn't work, I put it back into the second 10.14 device and it works, back into the original 10.14 device and it works.
Something is happening when I put it into a 10.15 device before a 10.14 device.