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Sidekick
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The first popular popup program for DOS PCs, introduced by Borland in 1984. Sidekick included a calculator, notepad, calendar, phone dialer and ASCII table and popularized the concept of a terminate and stay resident (TSR) utility. It was later ported to Windows as a personal information manager (PIM) by Starfish Software, Scotts Valley, CA.


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He falls in love with Cerise (which gets a little steamy) and in the end, Ravirn and Cerise work together (after Atropos kidnaps Cerise to get Ravirn to surrender) along with the other sentient computer program sidekicks that the Fates have trashed over the years as they upgraded to newer machines.
You can promote boating safety among your campers by entering campers' essays into the National Safe Boating Council's Sidekicks Life Jacket Stories writing competition.
T-Mobile recently held an invitation-only launch party at The Grove, where celebrities and trendsetters were invited to trade in their Sidekicks for the newer version slated for release in late September.
 
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