@ÆORMULA 1-ÄATABASE Ö 5.0 ------------------------ ÆORMULA 1-ÄATABASE Ö 5.0 IS A PROGRAM FOR EDITING, CALCULATING AND PRINTING THE RESULTS OF THE FORMULA 1 DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THE à 64 AND à 128 (IN à 64-MODE) IN A COMFORTABLE WAY. ÏN THE à 128 THE 2 ÍÈZ MODE CAN BE USED TO ACCELERATE CALCULATIONS. ÔHE PROGRAM CONSISTS OF THE PARTS Æ1-ÂÏÏÔ Æ1-ÖÅÒ×ÁÌÔÕÎÇ Æ1-ÓÕÒÆÁÃÅ.ÏÂÊ Æ1-ÃÈÒ/ÍÏÂ.ÂÉÎ Æ1-ÍÁÉÎ WHICH MUST BE ON THE SAME DISK. Æ1-DATAFILES ARE MARKED WITH TWO LEADING GRAPHIC CHARACTERS LOOKING SIMULAR TO A FINISHING FLAG. ÔO RUN ÆORMULA 1-ÄATABASE, USE THE COMMAND ÌÏÁÄ"Æ1-ÂÏÏÔ",8,1 WHICH LOADS ALL PARTS AND STARTS THE PROGRAM AUTOMATICALLY. ÕÓÉÎÇ ÔÈÅ ÐÒÏÇÒÁÍ: ÆORMULA 1-ÄATABASE Ö 5.0 CAN BE CONTROLLED WITH THE KEYBOARD OR A JOYSTICK IN PORT 2. ×HEN USING THE KEYBOARD, THE FOLLOWING KEYS ARE IMPORTANT: "ÃURSOR UP/DOWN": ÓELECT LINE "ÃURSOR LEFT/RIGHT" OR "+/-": ÆORWARD/BACK "Æ1/Æ3": ÐARAGRAPH UP/DOWN "Æ5/Æ7": ÌINE UP/DOWN "ÈÏÍÅ/ÃÌÒ": ÍOVE TO START/END "ÒÅÔÕÒÎ": ÁCTIVATE/ENTER "Ð": ÐRINT "Í": ÂACK TO MAIN MENU ÉF YOU USE THE JOYSTICK, THE UP/DOWN DIRECTIONS ARE EQUAL TO CURSOR UP/DOWN. ÂY PUSHING IT LEFT OR RIGHT YOU CAN CHOOSE ONE OF THE ICONS IN THE FRAME OF THE SCREEN, WHICH CAN BE ACTIVATED WITH THE FIRE BUTTON. ÆROM LEFT TO RIGHT THE ICONS WORK THE SAME WAY AS "Æ1", "Æ3", "Æ5", "Æ7", "-", "+", "Í" AND "ÒÅÔÕÒÎ". ÔHE NEW CHARSET CONTAINS THE ÇERMAN "ÕMLAUTE", WHICH CAN BE ENTERED WITH "ÓHIFT :"(OE), "ÓHIFT ;"(AE), "@"(UE), "Ã= O"(ÏE), "Ã= P"(ÁE), "ÓHIFT @"(ÕE) AND "ÐOUND"(SS). ÍÁÉÎ ÍÅÎÕ: 1.)ÃHANGE PARAMETERS: ÉF THERE IS NO FILE IN MEMORY, ONE CAN BE CREATED BY ENTERING THE MAXIMUM NUMBERS OF DRIVERS AND RACES. ÂE CAREFUL: ÔHESE VALUES CAN'T BE CHANGED AFTERWARDS! ÙOU CAN ALSO ACTIVATE OR DEACTIVATE (FOR EXAMPLE NECESSARY WHEN USING CERTAIN CARTRIDGES) THE 2 ÍÈZ MODE OF THE à 128, CHOOSE THE PRINTER TYPE (ÅPSON 9- OR 24-PIN MODELS AND ÍÐÓ 801-COMPATIBLE ONES), CONTROL THE SENDING OF LINEFEEDS AND SET THE SECONDARY ADRESS FOR THE TRANSPARENT MODE OF YOUR PRINTER INTERFACE. ÔHE TRANSPARENT MODE SENDS ALL CHARS WITHOUT TRANSFORMATION TO THE PRINTER, THE SECONDARY ADRESS FOR IT DEPENDS ON THE INTERFACE MODEL (FOR EXAMPLE 1 FOR THE ×IESEMANN 92000, SEE MANUAL). ÔHE VALUE "256" SENDS THE OUTPUT TO THE USERPORT. 2.)ÅNTER DRIVERS: ÓELECT LINE AND PRESS "ÒÅÔÕÒÎ" TO ENTER THE DRIVERS/TEAMS. ×ITH "Ð" YOU CAN PRINT A LIST OF THEM. 3.)ÅNTER RESULTS: ×ITH "FACTOR" YOU CAN SELECT IF FULL OR HALF POINT ARE GIVEN TO THE DRIVERS. ÉF A RACE HAS TO BE STOPPED BEFORE FINISHING MOST OF THE DISTANCE, THE WINNER FOR EXAMPLE CAN GET ONLY FIVE INSTEAD OF TEN POINTS. 4.)ÓHOW RESULTS: ÈERE YOU CAN SEE AND PRINT THE RESULTS OF THE RACES. 5.)ÓHOW STATISTICS: ÓHOWS STATISTICS OF PLACES AND POINTS FOR A DRIVER. 6.)ÓHOW POINTS: ÓHOWS TABLE WITH POINTS FROM THE FIRST TO THE SELECTED RACE. ÉF TWO OR MORE DRIVERS ARE EQUAL, THE NUMBER OF FIRST, SECOND, ... PLACES DECIDES OF THE POSITION. 7.)ÓAVE FILE: ÁLL Æ1-DATAFILES ON THE DISK AND THE NAME OF THE FILE IN MEMORY ARE SHOWN AND CAN BE CHOSEN. ÁFTER AN OPTIONAL MODIFICATION, THE SAVING BEGINS. ×ITH "+" OR ÉCON 6 THE DIRECTORY OF ANOTHER DISK IS LOADED. 8.)ÌOAD FILE: ÉF THERE IS ALREADY A FILE IN MEMORY, YOU GET A WARNING THAT IT WILL BE DELETED BY LOADING A NEW ONE. 9.)ÑUIT/RESTART: Á RESTART DELETES A FILE IN MEMORY AND ALLOWS TO CREATE A NEW ONE. 2 AND 7 CAN ONLY BE CHOSEN IF THERE IS A FILE IN MEMORY, FOR 3 AT LEAST ONE DRIVER HAS TO BE ENTERED. ÔO ACTIVATE 4-6 THE RESULT OF A RACE MUST EXIST. ÉF THE NECESSARY DATA ISN'T THERE, YOU HEAR A SIGNAL TONE. ÐRINTING IS POSSIBLE AT 2, 4, 5 AND 6. ÉF THE PRINTER IS NOT READY, YOU GET A WARNING SOUND; YOU HEAR THE SAME SOUND WHEN THERE IS A DISK ERROR. ÉF YOU FIND A BUG, PLEASE SEND A MAIL TO "THKLE@STUD.UNI-SB.DE". ÓUGGESTIONS AND COMMENTS ARE ALSO WELCOME. ÔHOMAS ËLEIN, 27.03.2000 #######################################