Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!cms@mit-pamela From: cms%mit-pamela@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Sidekick Message-ID: <12787@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 3-Oct-84 23:11:27 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12787 Posted: Wed Oct 3 23:11:27 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Oct-84 05:48:07 EDT Lines: 20 From: Chris SchmandtI 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)