Borland SideKick: Difference between revisions

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A suite of TSR utilities that could be classified as a Personal Information Manager.

History

SideKick for DOS was initially released in 1984 by Borland International, who sold over a million copies of the first release. Although software was developed for Sidekick in its original DOS version, there was for a time something resembling and SDK for it available, and there was some scope for development for the latter Windows versions of the software.

The OS/2 Presentation Manager version interfaces with Paradox databases.

During 1989 IBM gave a free copy of Sidekick with every copy of OS/2 they sold in certain jurisdictions.

Products

SideKick (DOS)

1.0 introduced in 1984
1.00A
1.10A
1.56 - last 1.x release sold on its own
1.58a (1988)
2.0 (1990)

Sidekick for Macintosh

Sidekick 1.0 for Mac was released in 1985 as the first Macintosh product from Borland.

Sidekick Plus (DOS)

1.0 - introduced in 1987
1.0a - Bugfix released in 1988

Borland SideKick for Presentation Manager

1.0 (1988) - requires OS/2 1.1 or higher
1.01 (1989)
2.0
2.1

Sidekick for Windows

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-A suite of TSR utilities that could be classified as a [[Personal Information Manager]], initially released in 1984 for DOS and became a surprise hit for Danish software publisher [[Borland]], who sold over a million copies of the first release. Although software was developed for Sidekick in it's original DOS version, there was for a time something resembling and SDK for it available, and there was some scope for development for the later Windows versions of the software, the extreme simplicity of the OS/2 [[PM]] version of it and the lack of an API meant that it was never used for OS/2 development.
+A suite of TSR utilities that could be classified as a [[Personal Information Manager]].
-Development of the software was later taken over by Starfish Software who released one version in two variants that ran under WinOS/2 and continued developing the software for the MS Windows platform until 1998.
+==History==
+SideKick for DOS was initially released in 1984 by [[Borland International]], who sold over a million copies of the first release. Although software was developed for Sidekick in its original DOS version, there was for a time something resembling and SDK for it available, and there was some scope for development for the latter Windows versions of the software.
+The OS/2 [[Presentation Manager]] version interfaces with [[Paradox]] databases.
 During 1989 [[IBM]] gave a free copy of Sidekick with every copy of OS/2 they sold in certain jurisdictions.
-==Versions==
+==Products==
-* '''Last OS/2 version''': Sidekick 2.0
+;SideKick (DOS)
-:Requires OS/2 1.1 or higher.
+* 1.0 introduced in 1984
-* Sidekick 1.0 introduced in 1984 - Version 1.56 the last 1.x release sold on its own, 1.58a was offered to OEM's at a reduced price after 2.0 came out.
+* 1.00A
-* Sidekick 1.0 for Mac was also released in 1984 and was the first Mac product from Borland and one of the first third party products available for the Mac in general.
+* 1.10A
-* Sidekick Plus for DOS introduced in 1987 - Bugfix release 1.0a released in 1988. - Recommended retail price when introduced USD 199.95.
+* 1.56 - last 1.x release sold on its own
-* Sidekick for Windows 1.0, Sidekick for Windows 2.0 and Sidekick Deluxe would run under WinOS/2 and are frankly better than the native OS/2 version.
+* 1.58a (1988)
-* Sidekick 95, 97, 98 and 99 only run on 32 bit versions of [[MS Windows]].
+* 2.0 (1990)
+;Sidekick for Macintosh
+* Sidekick 1.0 for Mac was released in 1985 as the first Macintosh product from Borland.
+;Sidekick Plus (DOS)
+* 1.0 - introduced in 1987
+* 1.0a - Bugfix released in 1988
+;Borland SideKick for Presentation Manager
+[[File:SideKick-Phonebook.png|thumb|Phonebook]]
+* 1.0 (1988) - requires OS/2 1.1 or higher
+* 1.01 (1989)
+* 2.0
+* 2.1
-==Author==
+;[[Sidekick for Windows]]
-* [[Borland]]
-* Starfish Software
 [[Category:PIM]]