This is the procedure for bypassing the copy protection scheme used by SIDEKICK version 1.11A. Using DEBUG on SK.COM, NOP out CALL 8E8A at location 0801 ----+ | and change the OR AL,AL at 0810 to OR AL,01 --------+ | | | | | (BEFORE ZAP) | | | | 27A3:0800 0E PUSH CS | | 27A3:0801 E88686 CALL 8E8A <-----------------------+ 27A3:0804 2E CS: | | 27A3:0805 8E163E02 MOV SS,[023E] | | 27A3:0809 2E CS: | | 27A3:080A 8B264002 MOV SP,[0240] | | 27A3:080E 1F POP DS | | 27A3:080F 59 POP CX | | 27A3:0810 0AC0 OR AL,AL <---------------+ | 27A3:0812 7409 JZ 081D | | | | | | | | (AFTER ZAP) | | | | 27A3:0800 0E PUSH CS | | 27A3:0801 90 NOP <--------------------------------+ 27A3:0802 90 NOP <--------------------------------+ 27A3:0803 90 NOP <--------------------------------+ 27A3:0804 2E CS: | 27A3:0805 8E163E02 MOV SS,[023E] | 27A3:0809 2E CS: | 27A3:080A 8B264002 MOV SP,[0240] | 27A3:080E 1F POP DS | 27A3:080F 59 POP CX | 27A3:0810 0C01 OR AL,01 <---------------+ 27A3:0812 7409 JZ 081D