UNPROTECT PATCH FOR SIDEKICK VERSION 1.5 BY STEVE SCHAUER Use the following steps to unprotect Sidekick Version 1.5. After modifying SK.COM the program will no longer look for the key disk in Drive A: and you can run the program off your hard disk alone. You should modify a COPY of SK.COM with DEBUG by entering the following commands: you enter: DEBUG SK.COM A 089E DEBUG responds with: XXXX:089E you enter: NOP DEBUG responds with: XXXX:089F you enter: NOP DEBUG responds with: XXXX:08A0 you enter: A 08AD DEBUG responds with: XXXX:08AD you enter: OR AL,01 DEBUG responds with: XXXX:08AF you enter: W Q That's it! The modified version will now run as an unprotected copy of Sidekick. REMINDER: The instructions above enclosed in are not to be typed in; when it says or , you should press that key at that point. SECOND REMINDER: Fate being what it is, you did modify a copy of Sidekick and not the original, didn't you?