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- PC-Pooler Copying Information and Program Overview
-
- PC-Pooler is a flexible football pool database management system. It
- retains player information, game schedules, and pool results permanently,
- and allows the user easy access to modify game or player data. The
- user may select from a variety of football pool types. The program sets
- up a weekly schedule and prints blank picking forms for players who
- are participating in that week's pool. It has a player data-entry section
- for entering their picks and printing a "player-pick/game" grid, and
- a weekly game maintenance section to update line and/or score information
- as it becomes known.
-
- Once all the results are in, the pool "manager" may run the computation
- section of the program to find the winner of the weekly pool and print
- a list of players sorted by their "scores." There is an option to record
- the weekly data in a year-to-date player file. This data may be printed,
- again in rank order, to find the seasonal winner(s) of the pool. This
- overview of the functions of the program is far from complete, but
- one of the features of PC-Pooler is help screens at most levels, and
- the best way to get a feel for the program is to just dive in.
-
- To use PC-POOLER, you need to copy the files on this disk to a formatted
- disk with DOS and BASICA.COM files already on it. Use the COPY *.* A: command
- if you have one drive, or COPY *.* B: if you have two drives.
-
- However, if you are making a copy to give to someone else, the passing of
- a DOS disk may violate DOS copyrights unless the recipient already owns
- the specific DOS version you are giving him/her. If in doubt, give them
- PC-Pooler on a "non-system" disk. In other words, copy this disk exactly
- as it is now.
-
- NOTE: Be sure to transfer all PC-Pooler files when making a copy, whether
- for yourself or someone else. These files are named:
-
- POOLER.BAS TEAMS.DAT (Teams file)
- PLAYER.BAS GAMES.DAT (Games file)
- MAINT.BAS AUTOEXEC.BAT
- WEEKLY.BAS POOLER.DOC (this file) (Important!)
-
- If you wish to enter you own schedule from scratch, you needn't copy the
- GAMES.DAT or TEAMS.DAT files, but please pass them on to others
- as an example of the kind of data the program handles.
-
- To run PC-Pooler, type RUN"POOLER from BASIC. Be sure that the program
- disk is in the logged drive, and leave it there for the duration of
- the session.
-
- Finally, if you are using the program and finding it of value, your
- contribution ($30 suggested) will be appreciated. Contributors will
- receive an updated version of the program and the 1985 schedule when
- available. Send contributions to:
-
- KARAYBO Associates
- Post Office Box 394
- Wilmette, Illinois 60091
-
- Thank you, and enjoy PC-Pooler!