I just recently bought a copy of Sierra On-Line's "Homeword" word I just
recently bought a copy of Sierra On-Line's "Homeword" word processor for
my kids.  They just can't master DisplayWrite yet.  It is a nice for the
price program.  BUT, wouldn't you know, it's protected, with no
provision for backup other th an $15 and "we'll mail a new disk".  Fat
chance!  There is no way the kids won't destroy the disk.  So, to
unprotect Homeword, first format a new system disk, then copy all the
Homeword files to it.

         Next, rename the Homeword program file HWCOMP.EXE to HWCOMP.TMP.
         With Dos in drive A: and the new Homeword Disk in drive B: enter
                   debug b:hwcomp.tmp (CR)
                   e cs:59f eb 05 (CR)
                   w (CR)
                   q (CR)
         Now, rename HWCOMP.TMP to HWCOMP.EXE
         That should do it.  At least it worked for me on version 1.0