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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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. GENERAL INFORMATION 1
. GETTING STARTED 3
. PRINTING FOOTBALL SELECTION SHEET 5
. ENTERING PLAYERS SELECTIONS 6
. PRINTING MONDAY MORNING RESULTS 8
. PRINTING FINAL RESULTS 9
. LIST ALL PLAYER'S SELECTIONS 11
. FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FOR NEXT YEAR 12
. SAMPLE WEEKLY SELECTION SHEET A1
. SAMPLE LIST OF PLAYER'S SELECTIONS A2
. SAMPLE MONDAY MORNING REPORT A3
. SAMPLE FINAL REPORT A4
GENERAL INFORMATION
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Football Fun (FFUN) was designed expressly for the
IBM-PC. A complete football schedule for the entire
current season is included in a data file on the FFUN
disk. This saves the operator the drudgery of keying in
the team names every week when preparing the weekly
selection sheets. The program is very easy to operate.
It takes 4 keystrokes to produce a weekly selection
sheet.
The selection sheet contains rules for playing the
game. The rules are simple and encourage non-football
experts to participate in the game. The object is to
pick the most winners of the weekly pro games. No
point spreads are used. In the event of ties, each
player enters the total number of points they think
will be scored in the Monday night game and whoever is
closest to the actual points scored is declared the
winner.
Entering each players selections has been simplified by
a data entry screen designed expressly for this
purpose. Using the 10 key numeric pad on the keyboard,
it is easy to enter 2 players a minute. Groups of
selection sheets may also be entered at different
times. Each player is stored on disk when operator is
satisfied that entry is correct, so that in the event
of a power failure, no work is lost accept for the
current player being entered on the screen. After all
players are entered the operator may produce a list of
this weeks selections. This report shows the time and
date and can be used to verify that no selections were
changed after the games were played.
Up to 300 players can be handled by FFUN.
A preliminary report must be produced on Monday
morning. Operator keys in the 13 numbers of winning
teams from Sunday games and FFUN counts number of games
each player picked right and prints all players in
order of number of games right.
Monday morning is also a good time to print the next
weeks selection sheet.
A final report must be printed on Tuesday. Operator
keys in the number of the team which won the Monday
night game and the total points scored in the game.
FFUN then prints report showing all players in order by
1. Most games won.
2. Smallest point difference.
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WARNING : PLEASE NOTE.
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You must operate Football Fun in the correct sequence
in order not to mess up your player selections. Its
basically simple. Follow these steps.
1. Make first selection sheet.
2. Enter players selections for coming
weeks games.
3. List player selections before games
are played.
4. Enter Sunday game results.
5. Make selection sheet for next week.
6. Enter Monday game results.
Repeat steps 2 thru 6.
2
GETTING STARTED
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Make a backup copy of Football Fun diskette.
Do not try to operate the game from the master disk.
Format a disk using your version of DOS. Put formatted
disk in drive B: and the FFUN disk in drive A:. Copy
all files from master FFUN disk using the command
COPY A:*.* B:
Put the master FFUN disk away for safe keeping. If any
of the files get lost on your working copy disk you may
retrieve them from your master F.F. disk.
INSTALLING ON HARD DISK.
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Place F.F. disk in drive A:
Enter A:ONHARD
This will create a subdirectory ( C:\FFUN ) on drive C:
and copy the necessary files to the hard disk.
STARTING THE PROGRAM. - FROM DISKETTE.
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Put working copy of FFUN diskette in drive A:.
Enter following commands.
A:
FFUN
STARTING THE PROGRAM. - FROM HARD DISK.
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Enter following commands:
C:\FFUN
FFUN
This will cause the main menu for Football Fun to
appear on the screen.
3
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DATE: 07-11-1985
FOOTBALL FUN GAME MENU
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1. PRINT FIRST WEEK SELECTION SHEET.
2. ENTER PLAYER SELECTIONS. (REQUIRED WEEKLY)
3. ENTER SUNDAY GAME RESULTS. (REQUIRED WEEKLY)
4. PRINT NEXT WEEK SHEET. (REQUIRED WEEKLY)
5. ENTER MONDAY GAME RESULTS. (REQUIRED WEEKLY)
7. PRINT LIST OF ALL PLAYER SELECTIONS.
8. ORDER FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FOR NEXT SEASON.
9. TO END PROGRAM.
ENTER NUMBER FROM MENU
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If you select the wrong number from the menu, you can
cancel whatever you accidently selected by pressing
carriage return [Enter] when the next question is
asked.
4
PRINTING THE FOOTBALL SELECTION SHEET.
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You must begin the Football Fun game by producing a
selection sheet. Use item 1. on the main menu to print
a sheet.
For other weeks of the season you should use item 4. on
the main menu to print the sheet.
When you press item 1. or 4. to print a selection sheet
you will then see a list of Sunday dates for the 16
weeks of the pro football season and a number in front
of each date which is the week no. of the season. You
will then be asked
ENTER WEEK NUMBER FOR SELECTION SHEET
Enter the number for next weeks games and then press
enter. You will then be asked
HOW MANY SELECTION SHEETS DO YOU WANT PRINTED
Enter the number to be printed and press enter. You
will then be told to
SET PRINTER TO RECEIVE SELECTION SHEET & PRESS ANY KEY
Make sure printer is turned on and loaded with paper
and then press any key to begin printing. When it is
thru the program will return to main menu and you can
end the program with item 9.
A sample of the selection sheet is shown on page A1.
5
ENTERING PLAYERS SELECTIONS.
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You must enter all players into computer before games
are played. Use item 2. on main menu to bring up the
player selection data entry screen. Use bottom
tear-off stub on football selection sheet for data
entry. Enter player's name in box where cursor is
blinking and press enter key to get to first football
game box.
Enter a 1 or 2 as indicated above the box. If you enter
anything else, you will hear a beep and cursor will
remain in the box until you enter correct number. When
you enter correct number the cursor will move to next
box automatically. Use 10 key numeric pad on right of
keyboard for speeding up the player entries. You can
enter numbers as fast as you like without worrying
about making mistakes since FFUN is checking each
keystroke you type in game boxes. Enter all 14 games
in boxes provided.
When you get to "TOTAL MONDAY POINTS" box you must
enter point total and press enter key.
When screen appears you will see some function key
settings on bottom of screen.
F1 = MAIN MENU
F2 = CLEAR SCREEN
At anytime you may return to Football Fun main menu by
pressing F1. At anytime you may clear screen and start
over by pressing F2. After you have completed entering
data on the screen 2 more function keys will appear on
bottom.
F9 = SAVE SCREEN
F10 = CHANGE SCREEN
and on the line above the function key messages you
will see
USE THE F KEYS
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If data on screen has been entered correctly you must
use F9 to save it. After data is saved screen will be
cleared.
If any data is incorrect use F10 to change it. You
will see message on line above function key messages
change to
USE [ENTER] TO SKIP TO BOX YOU WANT TO CHANGE
Also blinking cursor is sitting in the player's name
box. Move cursor to box to be changed by pressing
enter key. When cursor is in box you want to change,
just type the correct number. Then press F9 key to
save the data.
You may enter player's football sheets in different
data entry sessions. They do not have to be entered
all at the same time. When you are through with a data
entry session you may return to main menu by using F1
key.
After all players have been entered into computer you
should do item 7.
PRINT LIST OF ALL PLAYER SELECTIONS.
and keep this printout as a data entry verification
report.
7
PRINT MONDAY MORNING REPORT.
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After Sunday games have been played you must do item 3.
on main menu.
ENTER SUNDAY GAME RESULTS.
This will cause the following messages to appear on you
screen.
THIS SECTION IS FOR ENTERING SUNDAY GAME RESULTS.
ENTER NUMBERS FOR TEAMS THAT WON SUNDAY IN GAMES 1-13.
ENTER NUMBERS SEPARATED BY COMMAS.
ENTER A ZERO(0) FOR ANY GAME WHICH ENDED IN TIE.
EXAMPLE: 1,3,5,8,10,12,13,15,18,20,21,24,25 [enter]
Enter these numbers carefully, followed by the enter
key, because you will have to retype the whole line
again if any of the numbers do not match the team
numbers for the respective game.
Only teams 1 or 2 can win game 1.
Only teams 3 or 4 can win game 2.
Only teams 25 or 26 can win game 13.
FFUN will count the number of games each player picked
correctly and then print the preliminary report after
displaying following message :
SET PRINTER TO RECEIVE REPORT & THEN PRESS ANY KEY.
After printing report you will see following message:
PRELIMINARY REPORT IS COMPLETE. DO YOU WANT ANOTHER
COPY (Y/N)
Enter Y and enter key for another copy
or N and enter key to return to main menu.
A sample preliminary report is shown on page A3.
8
PRINTING FINAL RESULTS
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After the Monday night game has been played, you must
produce the final report. Use item 5. on the main
menu:
ENTER MONDAY GAME RESULTS.
FFUN will then prompt the operator for the following
entry:
ENTER MONDAY'S GAME RESULTS. PRINT FINAL REPORT.
ENTER MONDAY'S WINNING TEAM NUMBER & TOTAL POINTS
SEPARATED BY COMMA. (I.E. 28,37 [enter])
IF MONDAY GAME ENDED IN TIE ENTER ZERO (0) FOR TEAM
NUMBER AND TOTAL POINTS.
Enter 27 or 28 for winning team number, a comma and the
total combined points scored in the game. If the game
ended in a tie enter a zero for the winning team
number.
FFUN will then tell you to:
SET PRINTER TO RECEIVE REPORT
PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE
it will then print the final report and ask you :
FINAL REPORT IS COMPLETE. DO YOU WANT ANOTHER COPY
(Y/N) ?
Enter either Y or N to continue. Entering N will
return you to main menu.
A sample of final report is shown on page A4.
NOTE: The reason you must produce the final report
(item 5 on main menu) is because this part of FFUN
deletes this weeks players from your disk (hard or
floppy) in preparation for entering next weeks players.
9
If you do not produce the final report then next weeks
players will be added to this weeks players and you
will have a mess.
10
LIST ALL PLAYERS SELECTIONS.
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You should print a list of players entered into FFUN
after you have keyed in all the players so that you
will have proof of each players team selections.
This list shows the time and date when it was printed.
The list should be printed before any games are played.
To print the list you need to press 7 on the main menu.
LIST ALL PLAYER'S SELECTIONS.
This will cause FFUN to display following messages.
PRINT LIST OF PLAYER SELECTIONS.
SET PRINTER TO RECEIVE REPORT.
PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE.
After list is printed FFUN will return to main menu.
A sample of this report is shown on page A2.
11
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FOR NEXT YEAR.
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The original FFUN disk you received contained the pro
football schedule for the current season. The program
cannot operate for the following season without the new
pro football schedule.
Critics Choice will prepare a file each year with the
new schedule for the coming season and make it
available to the users of Football Fun Game any time
after June 1.
Item 8 on the main menu is an order form for the new
football schedule. It will display on your screen and
you may print it out by holding shift key down and
pressing PrtSc key. Fill out the order form and mail
it in with your check or money order for $12. We will
send you a floppy disk with the current pro football
schedule.
12
FOOTBALL GAMES FOR WEEK OF SEPT. 8
CIRCLE NUMBER OF TEAM YOU THINK WILL WIN. MOST GAMES CIRCLED CORRECTLY
WINS EACH WEEK. IN THE EVENT OF TIES, THE TOTAL POINTS SCORED IN MONDAY
NIGHT GAME WILL BE USED AS THE TIEBREAKER. WHOEVER COMES CLOSEST TO
THE ACTUAL POINTS SCORED(ABOVE OR BELOW) WILL BE DECLARED THE WINNER.
FILL IN AND TEAR OFF BOTTOM SECTION AND TURN IT IN TO GAME COORDINATOR
BY FRIDAY NOON. (THUR. FOR WEEKS WITH THUR. GAME)
1. SAN DIEGO AT 2. BUFFALO
3. SEATTLE AT 4. CINCINNATI
5. ST LOUIS AT 6. CLEVELAND
7. DENVER AT 8. L.A. RAMS
9. MIAMI AT 10. HOUSTON
11. INDIANAPOLIS AT 12. PITTSBURGH
13. KANSAS CITY AT 14. NEW ORLEANS
15. N.Y. JETS AT 16. L.A. RAIDERS
17. GREEN BAY AT 18. NEW ENGLAND
19. DETROIT AT 20. ATLANTA
21. TAMPA BAY AT 22. CHICAGO
23. SAN FRANCISCO AT 24. MINNESOTA
25. PHILADELPHIA AT 26. N.Y. GIANTS
27. WASHINGTON AT 28. DALLAS (MON)
TOTAL POINTS IN GAME 27-28 ( )
PRELIMINARY REPORT WILL BE PRINTED MONDAY MORNING. FINAL REPORT TUESDAY.
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FOOTBALL GAMES FOR SEPT. 8
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 TOTAL POINTS
LAST GAME
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 ( )
NAME.......................................
(SAMPLE WEEKLY SELECTION SHEET)
A1.
DATE : 07-15-1985
TIME : 23:21:19 PLAYER'S SELECTIONS. PAGE 1
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1 ARNOLD GOODONE 1 4 5 8 9 12 13 15 18 19 22 23 26 27 46
2 ARNOLD DUMBTEST 1 3 5 8 10 12 14 16 17 20 22 24 26 27 55
3 DANNY NAMESAUER 1 4 5 8 10 12 13 15 17 19 22 24 25 28 39
4 TYRONE AGAINEST 1 4 5 7 9 11 13 15 18 20 22 24 26 28 47
5 DANNY WHITE 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 22 24 26 28 33
6 NOREEN DEFEO 2 4 6 8 9 11 13 15 17 19 22 24 26 28 38
7 GERALD KELLY 1 3 5 8 10 12 13 15 17 19 22 24 26 27 34
8 FRANK FIAMETTA 2 4 6 8 10 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 51
9 MIKE TARZIA 2 4 6 8 10 11 14 16 18 20 21 24 26 28 32
10 CAROLE HALL 1 3 5 7 10 12 14 15 17 19 22 24 25 27 49
11 GRACE MARANO 1 3 5 8 10 12 13 15 17 20 22 24 26 28 50
12 JANE WESTLAKE 1 3 5 7 9 11 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 27 34
13 SUE BROCK 2 4 5 7 10 12 13 15 18 20 21 23 26 28 29
14 NANCY MILLER 2 4 5 7 9 11 13 16 18 20 21 23 25 27 33
15 ANNE DUNCAN 2 4 6 8 10 11 14 16 18 20 21 24 26 28 31
16 SANDY THOMAS 2 4 5 7 10 12 13 15 17 20 21 23 25 27 44
17 PAULA PARKANFARKA 1 3 5 7 9 12 14 16 17 19 21 23 25 28 21
18 DORIS JENSEN 2 3 5 8 9 12 13 16 17 20 21 24 25 28 29
19 MARIANNE LOVE 2 4 6 8 9 11 13 15 18 20 22 24 26 28 37
20 RITA LAPERLA 1 3 6 7 10 11 14 16 18 19 21 23 25 27 32
21 JANEEN MAYER 2 4 6 8 10 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 22
22 SUE COLLARD 1 3 5 7 9 12 14 16 18 20 21 23 25 27 41
23 DOTTIE MONOPOLI 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 23
24 KAREN LILLY 2 4 6 7 9 11 13 15 18 20 22 24 26 28 33
25 CRYSTAL HENNER 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 33
26 EILEEN WAYS 1 3 5 7 9 11 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 27 29
27 BECKY BURKE 2 4 6 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 22 24 26 28 39
28 GERRY GROUCH 1 3 5 8 10 12 14 16 17 19 21 24 26 28 41
29 CATHY DUCHENSKY 2 4 6 8 10 11 13 15 17 20 21 24 25 27 26
30 GEORGINA LEE 1 3 5 8 10 12 14 15 18 19 22 23 25 27 36
31 LINDA GROSE 1 3 5 8 10 12 13 16 17 20 21 24 25 27 27
32 PAUL DECAMARA 1 3 5 7 9 11 14 15 18 19 22 23 25 27 44
33 DEBBIE CURRAN 2 4 6 8 10 11 13 15 17 19 22 24 26 28 42
34 JANE KARCHER 2 4 6 8 10 11 13 15 17 19 22 24 26 28 41
35 DANNY DIGEST 1 3 6 8 9 11 14 16 17 19 22 24 25 27 52
36 BEAKER BOY EVEREST 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 25
37 PEEWEE MARTIN 1 3 5 7 10 12 14 16 17 19 22 24 25 27 39
38 NICELY SAMMOA 1 3 5 8 9 12 13 16 18 20 22 24 26 27 37
39 RANDY PLUMBER 1 3 5 7 9 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 29
40 DONNA FLOWERS 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 17 19 21 23 25 27 33
(SAMPLE LIST OF PLAYER'S SELECTIONS)
A2.
DATE:07-15-1985
PRELIMINARY FOOTBALL RESULTS FOR SUNDAY GAMES
PLAYER WON WASHINGTON DALLAS POINTS
------------------------ ----- -------------- -------------- ------
1.DOTTIE MONOPOLI 10 XXX 23
2.BEAKER BOY EVEREST 10 XXX 25
3.CAROLE HALL 9 XXX 49
4.DANNY WHITE 9 XXX 33
5.PAUL DECAMARA 9 XXX 44
6.PAULA PARKANFARKA 9 XXX 21
7.SUE COLLARD 9 XXX 41
8.TYRONE AGAINEST 8 XXX 47
9.PEEWEE MARTIN 8 XXX 39
10.GERALD KELLY 8 XXX 34
11.DANNY NAMESAUER 8 XXX 39
12.LINDA GROSE 8 XXX 27
13.NICELY SAMMOA 8 XXX 37
14.GEORGINA LEE 8 XXX 36
15.DORIS JENSEN 8 XXX 29
16.ARNOLD GOODONE 8 XXX 46
17.RANDY PLUMBER 8 XXX 29
18.GRACE MARANO 7 XXX 50
19.JANE WESTLAKE 7 XXX 34
20.SUE BROCK 7 XXX 29
21.NANCY MILLER 7 XXX 33
22.SANDY THOMAS 7 XXX 44
23.RITA LAPERLA 7 XXX 32
24.EILEEN WAYS 7 XXX 29
25.GERRY GROUCH 7 XXX 41
26.KAREN LILLY 6 XXX 33
27.BECKY BURKE 6 XXX 39
28.DANNY DIGEST 6 XXX 52
29.JANEEN MAYER 5 XXX 22
30.CATHY DUCHENSKY 5 XXX 26
31.MARIANNE LOVE 5 XXX 37
32.FRANK FIAMETTA 5 XXX 51
33.NOREEN DEFEO 5 XXX 38
34.ARNOLD DUMBTEST 5 XXX 55
35.DEBBIE CURRAN 4 XXX 42
36.JANE KARCHER 4 XXX 41
37.DONNA FLOWERS 4 XXX 33
38.CRYSTAL HENNER 3 XXX 33
39.ANNE DUNCAN 3 XXX 31
40.MIKE TARZIA 3 XXX 32
(SAMPLE MONDAY MORNING REPORT)
A3.
DATE:07-15-1985
FINAL RESULTS OF FOOTBALL FUN
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WINNING TEAM = DALLAS
TOTAL POINTS = 41
GAMES POINT
PLAYER WON DIF. WASHINGTON DALLAS POINTS
---------------------- ----- ----- --------------- --------------- ------
1. DANNY WHITE 10 8 XXX 33
2. BEAKER BOY EVEREST 10 16 XXX 25
3. DOTTIE MONOPOLI 10 18 XXX 23
4. PAULA PARKANFARKA 10 20 XXX 21
5. SUE COLLARD 9 0 XXX 41
6. DANNY NAMESAUER 9 2 XXX 39
7. PAUL DECAMARA 9 3 XXX 44
8. TYRONE AGAINEST 9 6 XXX 47
9. CAROLE HALL 9 8 XXX 49
10. DORIS JENSEN 9 12 XXX 29
11. RANDY PLUMBER 9 12 XXX 29
12. GERRY GROUCH 8 0 XXX 41
13. PEEWEE MARTIN 8 2 XXX 39
14. NICELY SAMMOA 8 4 XXX 37
15. GEORGINA LEE 8 5 XXX 36
16. ARNOLD GOODONE 8 5 XXX 46
17. GERALD KELLY 8 7 XXX 34
18. GRACE MARANO 8 9 XXX 50
19. SUE BROCK 8 12 XXX 29
20. LINDA GROSE 8 14 XXX 27
21. BECKY BURKE 7 2 XXX 39
22. SANDY THOMAS 7 3 XXX 44
23. JANE WESTLAKE 7 7 XXX 34
24. NANCY MILLER 7 8 XXX 33
25. KAREN LILLY 7 8 XXX 33
26. RITA LAPERLA 7 9 XXX 32
27. EILEEN WAYS 7 12 XXX 29
28. NOREEN DEFEO 6 3 XXX 38
29. MARIANNE LOVE 6 4 XXX 37
30. DANNY DIGEST 6 11 XXX 52
31. JANE KARCHER 5 0 XXX 41
32. DEBBIE CURRAN 5 1 XXX 42
33. FRANK FIAMETTA 5 10 XXX 51
34. ARNOLD DUMBTEST 5 14 XXX 55
35. CATHY DUCHENSKY 5 15 XXX 26
36. JANEEN MAYER 5 19 XXX 22
37. CRYSTAL HENNER 4 8 XXX 33
38. DONNA FLOWERS 4 8 XXX 33
39. MIKE TARZIA 4 9 XXX 32
40. ANNE DUNCAN 4 10 XXX 31
(SAMPLE FINAL REPORT)
A4.
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