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- RUNNING SIDEKICK FROM THE HARD DISK
-
- The patch shown is for the "full-blown" version of Sidekick, with
- all of the options: Notebook, Dialer, Calculator, etc. I believe that
- exactly the same patch will fix the limited versions which are
- provided on the Borland diskette, but I have not experimented beyond
- finding that the same code was, indeed, in one limited version.
-
- Use DEBUG to locate the addresses of the following segments of
- code:
-
- B0 01 B4 02 CD 13 ---> <ADDR #1>
- F6 C4 04 75 ---> <ADDR #2>
- B8 01 00 EB 03 B8 00 ---> <ADDR #3>
-
- Use DEBUG (the E command) to replace code thus:
-
- At <ADDR #1>+4 (at $CD) put 90 90 EB
- <ADDR#2>+ 3 (at $75) EB
- <ADDR #3>+6 (at $00) 01
-
- The patch should enable Sidekick to run from the hard disk,
- enabling it easily to be invoked during from AUTOEXEC.BAT file. The
- code shown was present in Sidekick Version 1.10A. The patch has not
- caused any discernable problems after several months of daily repeated
- use of Sidekick on a PC, an XT, and an AT, with Sidekick loaded from
- floppy diskettes as well as hard disks.
-
- As always, I urge you to use a backup copy to make the patch. You
- should then be able to archive your distribution diskette.
-
- Also, of course, I take no liability for any problems this may
- cause with your data or any legal difficulties you may get into with
- it.
-
- All of that said, I hope you find this to be a useful patch!
-
- Karl Brendel
-
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