So just to recap - the sound card works fine, but it's the joystick connector that is dead?
Or by the time you tested it in Wolf3d and now, the card stopped working?

Using DEBUG.EXE in dos, what does "i 201" say?
What if you push joystick button while typing "i 201"?

Ozzuneoj wrote:

Dumb suggestion, but do you have the means to check that the volume pot is working? Those things have always looked quite prone to damage.

As simple as the card is, I'd be inclined to think that it's a fairly simple fix.

Does it just not output sound or are there other indicators that it is dead?

Not detected by any software, when it was previously detected.

Beegle wrote:

So just to recap - the sound card works fine, but it's the joystick connector that is dead?
Or by the time you tested it in Wolf3d and now, the card stopped working?

Nope. Card was working fine and was detected by software. I never established whether the game port worked or not - it's incidental that this was the reason I plugged it back in. I think I've messed up a trace to the big cap by spending too long on it with the soldering iron so I may need to do some scraping.

Hey,

Sorry for the bump, just curious if you got this working in the end?

sirlemonhead wrote:

Hey,

Sorry for the bump, just curious if you got this working in the end?

I've not had time unfortunately. I'm moving house and everything is packed away. I haven't given up on it though, and would still like to clone this clone!

Looks identical to the card installed in my Amstrad PC4386SX. Though these days that card is about the only part of the machine I can say is still 100% functional (the FDD is shot and 100% proprietary and the HDD sounds like its being operated by an internal stone mason (again, proprietary due to weird as hell power connector)). Still, nice to see someone taking the time to restore something Amstrad.

I've recently seen this video and it may interest you : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S9q3s4mB5PM