<s>
The	O
Commodore	O
A1060	O
Sidecar	O
is	O
an	O
expansion	O
hardware	O
device	O
developed	O
by	O
Commodore	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1986	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
1000	I-Device
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
a	O
complete	O
PC	O
XT-clone	O
system	O
mounted	O
in	O
an	O
expansion	O
case	O
which	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
expansion	O
bus	O
on	O
the	O
right	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
1000	I-Device
computer	O
,	O
sitting	O
beside	O
it	O
similar	O
to	O
a	O
motorcycle	O
's	O
sidecar	O
,	O
hence	O
the	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
Sidecar	O
was	O
built	O
around	O
an	O
Intel	B-Device
8088	I-Device
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
I/O	B-General_Concept
procedures	O
from	O
the	O
PC	O
side	O
are	O
performed	O
by	O
the	O
Amiga	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sidecar	O
was	O
available	O
with	O
an	O
internal	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
which	O
was	O
accessible	O
from	O
both	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
produced	O
by	O
Commodore	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Video	O
display	O
and	O
user	B-General_Concept
input	I-General_Concept
were	O
performed	O
through	O
the	O
Amiga	O
's	O
monitor	O
,	O
keyboard	O
,	O
and	O
mouse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
Sidecar	I-Device
was	O
a	O
complete	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
XT	I-Device
system	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
I/O	B-General_Concept
devices	I-General_Concept
and	O
operations	O
(	O
which	O
are	O
handled	O
by	O
the	O
Amiga	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
in	O
its	O
life	O
,	O
the	O
Amiga	O
was	O
strong	O
in	O
entertainment	O
and	O
graphics	O
software	O
but	O
lacked	O
general	O
productivity	B-Application
software	I-Application
such	O
as	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
,	O
spreadsheets	B-Application
and	O
database	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bruce	O
F	O
.	O
Webster	O
wrote	O
in	O
the	O
October	O
1985	O
issue	O
of	O
BYTE	B-Application
,	O
after	O
seeing	O
the	O
Amiga	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Jerry	O
Pournelle	O
that	O
month	O
named	O
the	O
Sidecar	O
his	O
"	O
number	O
one	O
pick	O
of	O
Spring	O
COMDEX	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
it	O
was	O
eerie	O
to	O
watch	O
Flight	O
Simulator	O
running	O
as	O
if	O
on	O
a	O
PC	O
and	O
still	O
see	O
the	O
famous	O
Amiga	O
bouncing	O
ball	O
in	O
the	O
background	O
and	O
a	O
word-processing	B-General_Concept
program	O
running	O
in	O
the	O
foreground	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
relatively	O
expensive	O
and	O
it	O
required	O
a	O
non-trivial	O
amount	O
of	O
desktop	O
space	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
1000	I-Device
by	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
device	O
was	O
also	O
taller	O
than	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
1000	I-Device
,	O
which	O
made	O
it	O
seem	O
even	O
more	O
aesthetically	O
disconnected	O
from	O
the	O
main	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
2000	I-Device
provided	O
internal	O
expansion	O
slots	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
optional	O
Bridgeboard	O
card	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
the	O
Sidecar	O
without	O
needing	O
a	O
bulky	O
external	O
chassis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
popular	O
Amiga	B-Device
500	I-Device
could	O
not	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
the	O
Sidecar	O
at	O
all	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
expansion	O
slot	O
on	O
the	O
A500	O
residing	O
on	O
the	O
left	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
chassis	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
the	O
right	O
side	O
on	O
the	O
A1000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
decent	O
business	O
and	O
productivity	B-Application
software	I-Application
began	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
,	O
reducing	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
run	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
applications	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
concept	O
was	O
continued	O
in	O
the	O
later	O
Amiga	B-Device
2000	I-Device
unit	O
,	O
containing	O
four	O
ISA	B-Architecture
slots	I-Architecture
intended	O
for	O
PC	O
emulation	O
expandability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
slots	O
were	O
in-line	O
with	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
Zorro	I-Device
II	I-Device
bus	O
to	O
allow	O
installation	O
of	O
a	O
Bridge	O
board	O
which	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
Sidecar	O
,	O
provided	O
the	O
core	O
chipset	O
of	O
a	O
PC	O
on	O
an	O
expansion	O
card	O
,	O
connected	O
to	O
both	O
the	O
Amiga	O
and	O
PC	O
bus	O
.	O
</s>
