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      ------ NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT POOL PROGRAM ------
                        Version 1.0
                    Written and designed by
                        Peter Crosby



    ABOUT NCAAFOUR

    NCAAFOUR was written to manage an office pool for the NCAA Final
    Four Basketball Tournament that is played every year. It is not
    intended for gambling purposes, it is intended for fun only.
    This program will:
        *Accept up to 100 pool players
        *Allow easy input of all information
        *Calculate scores for those players
        *Print all necessary sheets
            Player sheets
            Master sheet
            Score sheets, etc
        *Mouse aware

        I wrote this program mainly for my own use, but I thought
    that someone else may also find it useful........so here it is.

    REQUIREMENTS

        *IBM Compatible computer
        *EGA or VGA capability (this program uses 50 x 80 text mode)
        *A printer capable of printing the IBM character set.

    INSTALLATION

    NCAAFOUR will run best if executed from a hard drive,
    it will run from a floppy, but operations will be slower.

    For hard drives:
        Create a sub-directory named NCAA or whatever name you wish.
        Copy program files into that directory.
            Program Files:  NCAAFOUR.EXE
                    NCAA.QSL

    To Run NCAAFOUR

    CD to the directory where the NCAAFOUR program files are located
    then type NCAAFOUR and press RETURN.

    NCAAFOUR will create three files of its own:
        FFOURPLY.DAT
        FFOURTMS.DAT
        SCORES.DAT
    These files contain all the data that is generated by your pool.



    DIRECTIONS  <sort of>

    Getting Started:
        After starting the program the title screen will appear
    for a few seconds.  The MAIN MENU will then pop up.
        Start by selecting SETUP POOL from the main menu.
    Another Menu will appear.  Select INPUT STARTING TEAMS.  Here you
    will input the 64 teams that are in the tournament.
        The 64 teams are divided into 4 divisions, East, West, Southeast
    and Mid-West.  Select ENTER EAST TEAMS from the Division Menu first.
    The first bracket will be highlighted blue in the East Division
    section. To move through the brackets in the section use the
    UP CURSOR and DOWN CURSOR.  When the bracket you wish to fill in is
    highlighted press the FIRST LETTER of the team you wish to input.
    A menu will appear containing all NCAA Division 1 teams that start
    with that letter. Use the UP and DOWN Cursor Keys to highlight the
    team you wish to input. Select that team by pressing RETURN.
    Fill in all the rest of the EAST Division in a similar manner.
    After all teams have been input for that Division press <ESC>. The
    Division Menu will reappear.
        Fill in the remaining three Divisions using the above
    procedure.
        After all 64 teams have been input select SAVE from the
    Division Menu.
        The SETUP MENU will reapper. Select EXIT SETUP.
    Now that the starting 64 teams have been entered it is time to print
    out the START SHEET.  The Start Sheet(s) will be filled out by all
    pool players to indicate their selections.
        Select PRINT from the MAIN MENU.  The PRINT MENU will appear.
    Select PRINT START SHEET from the Print Menu (Make sure your printer
    is turned on and ready!). The Start Sheet will then be printed.  Each
    pool player will require a Start Sheet (xerox 'em).
        The next step after all Start Sheets are filled in and returned
    will be to enter the pool players selections from the Start Sheets
    using the program. From the MAIN MENU select SETUP POOL.  The SETUP
    MENU will appear. Select PLAYERS.  The PLAYER MENU will appear. Select
    INPUT PLAYERS.  A requester for the players name will appear, type in
    the players name then press RETURN (press ESC to cancel).
    The ROUNDS MENU will then appear. Select FIRST ROUND.  A screen
    will then appear that is very similar to the screen used to input
    the starting 64 teams. Use the same proccess in selecting the First
    Round Teams for the current players data. After completing the First
    Round select SAVE from the Division Menu.
        Enter ALL remaining Rounds using the above procedure for all
    pool players.
        Now it's just a matter of waiting for the games to be played.
    As games are completed the MASTER SHEET (the sheet that shows all game
    outcomes) needs to be updated to reflect the game outcomes. To do this
    select UPDATE GAMES from the Main Menu.  The proccess for updating the
    Master Sheet is virtually the same as inputing pool players.
        If you have worked your way this far through the pool proccess,
     all other options (Calculate Scores, Edit Player, Delete Player, etc)
    need not be explained.  You should have a good feel for the interface
    by now and can do these with no directions ....... Besides my
    fingers are getting tired and I hate reading .DOC files just as
    much as the next guy!

    If you have any comments or suggestions or Other I'd like to hear 'em
            Peter Crosby
            1019 Flowers Crossing
            Lawrenceville, Georgia  30244

    or E-Mail:  Gander on America Online