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- College Hoops Pick-Em Pool Extravaganza!
- (c) 1994 HomeGrown Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
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- SYSTEM SETUP
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- System requirements
- -------------------
- To install and run the College Hoops Pick-Em Pool Extravaganza!,
- your computer system must have the following:
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- * IBM-compatible PC, running an 80286 microprocessor or higher.
- * DOS version 3.3 or higher.
- * Microsoft Windows 3.1 (version 3.0 or below will NOT run).
- * 2 MB of system RAM.
- * 2 MB of free hard disk space.
- * A mouse or other pointing device.
- * VGA monitor (color monitor recommended).
- * A printer is not required, but is recommended to take advantage
- of the software's printed reports.
-
- Please note from the above that the College Hoops Pick-Em Pool
- Extravaganza! is a WINDOWS 3.1 program, and will NOT run in DOS
- without Windows 3.1.
-
- Software setup
- --------------
- To setup the College Hoops Pick-Em Pool software, copy the program
- files into their own subdirectory of your hard disk, and launch Windows
- the way you normally do. When the Windows Program Manager appears:
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- - Select 'File' and then 'New' to create a Program Group called
- 'College Hoops'.
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- - Select 'File' and then 'New' to put a college hoops Program Item
- into the group. Follow these guideline in the 'Program Item
- Properties' window:
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- Description Command Line Working Directory
- ----------- ------------ -----------------
- College Hoops Pool <path>\HOOPS.EXE <path>
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- Note: <path> denotes that you should enter the FULL PATH to the
- directory on your hard disk in which you copied the College Hoops files.
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- Program documentation
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- If you have the Windows Notepad utility on your system, select 'File'
- and 'New' from the Program Manager menu to install the help files into
- your College Hoops program group. Use the following guidelines to do
- this once for each of the three available help files:
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- Description Command Line Working Directory
- ----------- ------------ -----------------
- System Setup Help NOTEPAD.EXE <path>\SYSTEM.HLP Leave BLANK
- Pool Setup Help NOTEPAD.EXE <path>\POOLSET.HLP Leave BLANK
- Program Features NOTEPAD.EXE <path>\FEATURES.HLP Leave BLANK
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- The three Notepad icons that get installed can be used to access the
- College Hoops help files (including this one) directly from the
- Program Manager. These same help files can also be accessed from
- within the College Hoops program by selecting Help from the main
- menu. Again, information is presented on-screen using Notepad.
-
- If you do not have Notepad on your system, you can still use your own
- word processor to view or print the College Hoops help files. If you
- wish to install Notepad, it comes standard with Windows 3.1. Refer
- to your original Windows documentation for further information.
-
- It is strongly recommended that you print all of the College Hoops
- help files using Notepad or some other word processor so you can
- readily refer to them whenever necessary. These files document
- everything you need to know about setting up and using the software.
-
- The help files are in readable text (ASCII) format, and appear in your
- College Hoops directory as:
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- * SYSTEM.HLP - program installation and setup (this file).
- * POOLSET.HLP - setting up a College Hoops Pick-Em pool.
- * FEATURES.HLP - a point by point explanation of everything that
- the College Hoops program does, and how to use each feature.
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- Running the program
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- Start the College Hoops Pick-Em Pool Extravaganza! as you would any
- Windows application: By double-clicking on the College Hoops icon
- with your mouse, or by highlighting the icon and pressing Enter on
- your computer keyboard. The main screen will appear with a title
- window and copyright notice.
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- The program is completely comprised of standard Windows menus, buttons,
- controls, icons, etc. with which all Windows users will be immediately
- familiar.
-
- You may note that the College Hoops program runs in a full-screen
- ("maximized") window. This is because some of the most important
- windows in the program are too big to fit into a "normal" sized window.
- Use the sizing buttons to reduce the size of the College Hoops window
- if you need to view other parts of your Windows desktop. Simply
- maximize the window again when you return to the College Hoops program.
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- Make selections from the Main Menu using the mouse or menu "hot keys"
- (press 'Alt' to get to the menu, and then press the underlined letter
- in the menu to make your selection). At that point, a sub-menu will
- appear with a list of College Hoops Pick-Em Pool functions. Again,
- use the mouse or hot keys to make a selection. The title window will
- disappear, and your menu selection will be activated. From then on,
- the title window will no longer appear, and the main screen will be
- blank between selections.
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- Enhancing the look of the program
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- The College Hoops Pick-Em Pool windows take on the system colors that
- you assign to your Windows environment. If you wish to change the
- system colors, activate the 'Main' program group from the Program
- Manager, and choose 'Control Panel' from the group. Then select the
- 'Color' icon, and click on the 'Color Palette' button to set your
- colors (select 'Help' for more information).
-
- The College Hoops program looks best if you choose an attractive,
- dark color for the Active Title Bar, the Inactive Title Bar, and the
- Menu Highlight bar. Use a light color - like white - for the text
- in these bars. Also, the program will look nicer if you choose a
- light, pleasant-to-look-at color for the Application Workspace.
- Something like a pale yellow or egg-shell white fits the bill just
- right. Experiment with the colors on your particular system until
- you find the ones you like best.
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- Setting up more than one pool at a time
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- To set up more than one pool for a college hoops tournament, copy the
- files HOOPS.EXE and MERGE.EXE into DIFFERENT subdirectories on your
- hard disk for each pool that you want to run. Then launch Windows
- the way you normally do, and choose 'File' and 'New' from the Program
- Manager menu to add a new College Hoops icon for each separate pool.
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- * * IMPORTANT * *
- Repeat the above procedure for EACH pool that you want to set up.
- Be sure to assign each pool a UNIQUE description and a UNIQUE directory
- path in the 'Program Item Properties' window. This ensures that the
- data you enter for the different pools will remain separate on your
- hard disk, and that you will have different icons to click on in
- the College Hoops group of the Windows Program Manager.
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- Contacting HomeGrown Software, Inc.
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- HomeGrown Software has tried its best to create fun, friendly, and
- truly useful College Hoops tournament pool software that is accessible
- to hoops fans everywhere. We would very much welcome any comments,
- questions, or other thoughts you may have about the College Hoops
- Pick-Em Pool Extravaganza! Please send all correspondence to:
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- HomeGrown Software, Inc.
- P.O. Box 8031 FDR Station
- New York, NY 10150-8031
-
- And thanks again for trying our program. We sincerely hope you like
- using it!
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