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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