bump ... anyone ?

Use DOSBox
Use VDMSound w/NTVDM for some of the 1993+ protected mode games that may run slow on that CPU with DOSBox.
ScummVM for the games that support it.
Possibly dual-boot with DOS and use SBEMU
Use VPC/Vmware for protected mode DOS games that are too slow in DOSBox if you've exhaused the above.

thanks, yes was thinking DOSBox but was hoping I can use some sound drivers that will work natively in DOS under Windows XP with the soundcard.

There is no native DOS under XP. You can use either virtualization, emulation or a port if you want to run DOS games directly under XP.

oh sorry, somehow I thought there was as you can run command prompt.

So what if I boot into DOS natively, is it possible to make this particular onboard sound card emulate Soundblaster and basic FM synthesis?

The command prompt is a virtualized environment, called NTVDM (Or, NT Virtual Dos Machine).

VDMSound is a package that extends the functionality of this subsystem, giving it virtual soundblaster, and VESA graphics support, among other things.

For the latter question-- Faking a soundblaster, when no hardware to handle interrupts, and no hardware DSPs exist, is kinda what SBEMU is for, but it is a dirty hack, on top of a dirty hack. 😜

Compatibility is aimed mostly for AC'97 and other onboard sound chips, but recent GIT commits have given it support for some crystal labs PCI based sound cards as well.

thanks, giving SBEMU a go now, will report back

wierd_w wrote on 2024-02-04, 20:56:

The command prompt is a virtualized environment, called NTVDM (Or, NT Virtual Dos Machine).

Technically, the command prompt in an NT OS (or at least the ones I've used) is a native Win32/64 command interpreter called cmd.exe. And then it will run DOS things (possibly including command.com but I don't have an XP machine readily accessible to check... too many vintage machines, too few power cords...) in NTVDM...

Very different from 9x, actually, which didn't have a native command interpreter that I can remember...