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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

167.0. "Sidecar Options" by HYSTER::DEARBORN (Trouvez Mieux) Tue Nov 11 1986 12:44

    Since we will be seeing Sidecar soon...
    
    and some of us Amiga owners know NOTHING about IBM PC add-ons (like
    hard cards, etc)...
    
    perhaps someone could list or review some recommended plug in options
    for it here.
     
    How about it?
    
    Randy
    
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167.1Lets here it for ScrollVPort!BACH::TENNYWhat's wrong with this picture?Tue Nov 11 1986 14:1812
I am particularly interested in the sidecar for hard disk access.
I can't imagine it will be as fast as a box solely dedicated for the drive
using DMA.  But I am curious.  I would be nice to get a power supply, and
a couple of 20 meg hard cards with DOS compatibility thrown in for kicks.
(After all, no AMIGA owner really *cares* about PC/DOS, do they?)

So.. any info on sidecar options is definitely appreciated.
(Or hard disks in general (different topic I guess).)

 Dave Tenny
 LISPDEVO @ AITG .. "parens, what parens?"
167.2Its' the real thing?CSSE::WARDWed Nov 12 1986 18:3412
    The most recent issue of info-world speaks of IBM clones breaking
    some IBM software (42%?)  The author states that only COMPAQ claims
    100% and some clone with volume are good about this.
    
    I heard the sidecar is a re-engineered version of a time-worn CBM
    clone sold mostly in Europe.  Does it run Framework or otherwise
    behave correctly?  A sidecar that won't run all MSDOS software might
    bump me back to considering a DOS-2-DOS or 68000 XDOS emulation
    and then wait for developments for add-ons.
    
    I'll wait on the announcement.
    
167.3BAGELS::BRANNONDave BrannonWed Nov 12 1986 20:368
    has anybody heard if a PC/AT version of Sidecar is planned, rumored,
    etc?
    
      Most of the ibm rumors i've heard are pointing to the death
    of the PC and PC/XT.  They claim PC/AT and MS-Windows will inherit
    the earth.
    
    -dave
167.4A 286 board in a Sidecar?TUBED::GRAYThomas, LA Benchmark CenterThu Jan 22 1987 19:044
    
    Does anyone know, for that matter, if any of the "Turbo-cards" for
    the PC and PC/XT (non-AT compatible 286 boards) will work in the
    Sidecar expansion bus?