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Date: Wed, 3-Oct-84 23:11:27 EDT
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From:  Chris Schmandt 

I tried to reply to the author of the Sidekick query, but
my mail did not get through.

Sidekick is a great idea, one of the new "concurrent" utilities.
In the middle of doing anything, you hit Ctrl-Alt and up pops a
menu with calculator, calendar, phone book & Hayes autodial code...
It can even try to grab the phone number off the screen.

But, alas, it does not work.  Dos is not re-entrant, and that
makes it very hard to write a concurrent utility that uses Dos!
I have had files eaten, I have been unable to format floppies
after using it, etc.  I won't use a piece of code that threatens
my file system, thanks!

Maybe Spotlight (Software Arts' final gasp??) will be a win
in this arena.

chris schmandt  (cms%pamela@mit-mc.arpa)