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The following files should be contained in the ARC file. They are:
FOOT1985.EXE (The football predicting program)
FOOT1985.DAT (The initial ratings for the 1985 season)
WEEK#1.DOC (The predictions for the first week of the season based on the
initial ratings included in FOOT1985.DAT)
After the first weekly results are completed, the program will generate a file
called CMLT1985.DAT which will contain the cumulative statistics for all the
teams.
To use the program, type FOOT1985 and press enter.
The program will ask you if you want instructions, if you do, read the
instructions.
The next question will ask you if you want a printout. If you answer Yes,
it will then ask you how many copies you want. Then will will ask for the
names of the persons for whom the copies are being made. If they are not
being made for a particular person, just hit enter for each name request.
The next question will ask you what week it is. You must enter the week
number of the football season that was just completed, that is the week
number for which you intend to enter statistics. If you enter week # 1,
the program will ask you if you want to verify the schedule. This is not
necessary because the schedule has already been verified. If you would like
to verify the schedule, feel free to do so.
The next question that will appear if week # 1 was selected is whether or
not you want to enter the initial ratings for the teams. This should not
be done, because I have already done so with the file FOOT1985.DAT. This
file contains the ratings based on several years of data, and I don't
recommend that you change the values provided. Therefore, answer NO to this
question.
The next questions are easy to answer, the program will ask you for the points
scored by each team for the week # selected. If a data entry error is made,
press CONTROL-BREAK and start over with everything. I have not yet set
up a routine to correct errors once the data has been entered.
Once all data is entered, the results will be displayed on the CRT or printed
to your printer (depending on whether or not you requested printouts or not).
The results will show how well the computer did in determining which teams
would win or lose. It will also provides cumulative statistics of average
points scored and given up; cumulative wins and losses, cumulative wins
and losses versus the computer spreads, and finally the predictions for
the next weeks games.
*** IMPORTANT Make sure you let the computer complete the printing of all
copies or finish displaying all reports before stopping the program. The pro-
gram updates the FOOT1985.DAT and CMLT1985.DAT files after all displaying/
Printing is completed.
Each year I will upload a new version of the program with the new schedule in
it.
Have fun !!