            HOW TO UNPROTECT "KINDERCOMP" AND "KIDS ON KEYS"
                     GAMES FROM SPINNAKER SOFTWARE
                       (by Herb Sorock, 07/01/85)

    These "unprotects" will permit the backing-up of the "Kindercomp"
and "Kids on Keys" games as well as permitting hard disk owners to run
the games without the original disks in drive A.  Some familiarity with
the DEBUG program on the PC-DOS disk is assumed.

                                 KIDS ON KEYS
                                 ------------

1. Take out the KIDS ON KEYS disk and make a copy of it on another disk
using "COPY A:*.* B:" .  Do not make the copy using DISKCOPY since the
disk is protected.  Put the original away in your "archives".

2. Put your DOS diskette in drive A and the KIDS ON KEYS copy in drive B.

3. Follow the "script" below.  Lowercase is your input, uppercase is
DEBUG's response.  XXXX means the numbers in these spaces will vary
depending on your machine's configuration.  Note: if DEBUG shows
something other than what is indicated below, you have a different
version and this unprotect will not work.

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A>ren b:kok_ib_d.exe *.xxx

A>debug b:kok_ib_d.xxx
-u 12a9,12ac
XXXX:12A9 CD13          INT     13
XXXX:12AB 07            POP     ES
XXXX:12AC 7302          JNB     12B0
-e 12a9
XXXX:12A9  CD.90   13.90     <-- hit space bar after first "90"
-e 12ac
XXXX:12AC  73.eb
-u 0cff,0d05
XXXX:0CFF C70624007509  MOV     WORD PTR [0024],0975
XXXX:0D05 8C0E2600      MOV     [0026],CS
-f 0cff,0d08 90
-a 0cff
XXXX:0CFF call 0c75
XXXX:0D02      <-- just hit c/r here
-a 0c75
XXXX:0C75 push ax
XXXX:0C76 push ds
XXXX:0C77 mov ax,0040
XXXX:0C7A mov ds,ax
XXXX:0C7C mov byte ptr [0017],40
XXXX:0C81 pop ds
XXXX:0C82 pop ax
XXXX:0C83 ret
XXXX:0C84     <-- just hit c/r here
-w
Writing 8500 bytes
-q

A>ren b:kok_ib_d.xxx *.exe
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4. KIDS ON KEYS is now unprotected.  Also, the program no longer refuses
to acknowledge ctrl-alt-del so you don't have to turn off the power to
run another program.
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