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From: slb@helm.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Accelerator (actually Sidecar) Questions
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Date: Fri, 18-Jul-86 01:21:31 EDT
Article-I.D.: helm.537
Posted: Fri Jul 18 01:21:31 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 19-Jul-86 23:41:13 EDT
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Reply-To: slb@helm.UUCP (San Barr lying around @ The Beach)
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Organization: helm, Pub-Access Eunichs, Farmingdale, Ny (LI)
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Keywords: Sidecar, Hard disk


From the information that's been passed to me through Amazing Computing
and from the place that I work here's the scoop on the Sidecar

The demo units that were shown at COMDEX boasted 3 expansion slots for 
anything (Hard Drives, etc.) except for a graphics card (which would be
useless anyhow since the Sidecar uses the Amiga for video out.)
Supposedly this means that you can hook up a hard drive to the Sidecar
partition it for use with both the Amiga and Sidecar and run from there.
I know this can be done if you replace the 5 1/4 drive with a hard drive..
I don't know if this is possible from the expansion slots.

The Sidecar runs in Monochrome in a standard amiga window on your workbench..
in color the sidecar runs in a window on a seperate screen.  If you click on
the inside of the window the borders dissappear to give you a full 80 by 24
line screen.

RJ Michael did the software that links the SideCar to the Amiga and from
what I hear it sets up a means of communication between the two processors
so that the Amiga can access things like co-processors from the sidecar
and vice-versa.  Overall the link between the two "heads" of the system
has been well thought out.

..... And yes, the Sidecar even runs Flight Simulator!!!!

Now, my question, Commodore are you listening?  When are we going to see
the product released?
 
San
 
NOTE...I don't have a .signature yet.. so, I disclaim that anything I've said
Could probably be wrong or incorrect.  There...