Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sri-unix!STERNLIGHT@USC-ECL.ARPA From: STERNLIGHT@USC-ECL.ARPA Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: info on AT wanted Message-ID: <13272@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Fri, 7-Sep-84 13:55:14 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.13272 Posted: Fri Sep 7 13:55:14 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Sep-84 04:42:04 EDT Lines: 33 From: STERNLIGHT My AT runs sidekick just fine. I modified my (legitimate purchased) copy to unprotect the program, following the instructions now widely available on RBBS systems, copied it to my hard disk, set it up to use its files on the hard disk path I stored it on, included its invocation in my autoexec file, and haven't had a bit of trouble with it on the AT. It's really nice, and instantaneous. I had been running it on my previous machine, a PC Portable (IBM) from a Ramdisk, and I cannot tell the difference (speed-wise) in running it from the AT hard disk. Boys and girls, that hard disk is really FAST. I infer it is because it is running on a 16-bit bus. I see no reason to use a RAMDISK on the AT, with a hard disk that fast. So unless you are getting Xenix or PC/IX, order yours with 640k of core, not the 1 to 3 megabytes possible, since PC-DOS 3.0 (and earlier) can apparently only handle up to 640k, except as a ramdisk. By the way, a useful thing to do is create a file called TODO, and make that your default notes file, using it as your rolling to do list. Then you have both an appointment calendar and a to do list in Sidekick. A really fine product; I recommend it without hesitation. My AT also runs Mite, Minding Your Money, 1-2-3 (unprotected and on the hard disk), PC-Talk 3.65 (compiled version), all the utilities I have EXCEPT the Norton Utilities that address the directory or disk (they say AT versions will be out in October), and all the programs I have tried in BASIC run fine with the new DOS 3.0 version of BASICA and BASIC. It does not run Framework. I am told by my dealer that it will run Symphony. It runs all the editors I have tried so far, including the public domain ones as well as wordstar. --david-- -------