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┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ LineDrive Fantasy Baseball │ │ Release 1.0 │ └────────────────────────────────┘ Section I AN OVERVIEW OF FANTASY BASEBALL Ever noticed that there are three things the average man figures that he can do better than anyone else? Generally those three things are barbecue a steak, run the company he works for, and manage a baseball team. The last is the reason for Fantasy Baseball. Fantasy baseball is the game that has swept the national pastime over the last several years. Fantasy Baseball allows a student or college professor, a Chairman of the Board or a steel mill worker not only to manage a professional baseball team, but to "own" it. With your own team made up of real-life major league stars you become owner, general manager, manager and chief talent scout. No longer do you have to agonize over the errors made by those mental midgets that are running your favorite team into the cellar. Now the day to day decisions are yours to make. Do you bench Canseco? Extend Fielder's contract? Trade Clark for Clemens? When you own the team it's all up to you. U.S.A. Today estimates the number of fantasy team owners to be about half a million (and growing!). The fantasy team owner is ridiculously easy to spot. He's the guy who can't get to work on time because the paper boy was late again and he ain't leavin' until he finds out how Stewart pitched last night. He is the guy sitting in the rear of the divorce court watching ESPN's Sportscenter on his portable TV while his wife is divorcing him for neglect. Read on at your own risk. The addiction of the game makes heroin look like kid's stuff. Now LineDrive Fantasy Baseball brings Fantasy Baseball to your computer. Gone are the hours of pouring over the sports section, armed with reams of paper, several pencils and a five pound box of erasers as you try to get a handle on your league's statistics. LineDrive will organize your league in a manner that will reduce the time spent entering statistical information to about an hour a week. LineDrive will conduct your player draft, keep track of team rosters, starting lineups, player contracts, league standings, fees & fines, and print out your league newsletter for you. The program allows rosters of up to 30 players per team and can be played for "big bucks" or "just for fun". -2- The remaining instructions for LineDrive are divided into three sections "QUICK START", "RULES & REGULATIONS" and "RUNNING THE PROGRAM". There are two approaches that will work with this manual: (1) you can read it cover to cover before starting your league. - or - (2) read the quick start instructions referring to the referenced paragraphs in the rules when necessary, get an idea of how things work and dive into the program, referring back to the manual if needed. Which ever approach you take make sure that you are familiar with the contents of the file README.1ST which is included on your distribution disk. This file has some very important information concerning the installation of the program. If you choose (2) make sure that you at least glance at the difference between league types {1.00} before beginning. Within this manual you will find that paragraph numbers have been marked with Greater Than and Less Than symbols ("< >") to make them easier to find. LineDrive's help screens are cross-referenced to this manual using these numbers in case you need more clarification on a subject. Also within the manual you will find numbers encased in Pascal's curly brackets ("{ }"). These also refer to paragraph numbers where you can find further information on a subject if needed. SECTION II QUICK START LineDrive Fantasy Baseball is a fairly simple game, but one that is loaded with nuances. If you wish to get your league under way in a hurry here is the way to go about it: Grab a few of your friends (LineDrive will support leagues of from 2 to 15 teams) and decide which type of league you will have, an auction league or a draft league (See {1.00} for the differences between league types). The more teams involved the better. As you involve more teams you dilute the talent pool and force your league members to become real students of the game as they are forced to choose between less established players to make up their rosters. The rules boiled down to their essence are as follows: LineDrive teams consist of up to 30 real live major league players who are selected before the regular season starts in either a player draft or auction {3.20} {3.30}. If you did not acquire this program until after the season started, don't worry about it, LineDrive will deduct any stats that have been accrued already and proceed from there. -3- A LineDrive team is made up of 24 active players {3.00} and up to 6 players who occupy the "bench" or reserve roster of the team. Only the stats accrued by players who are on the active list count toward league standings. {4.00} Statistics are keep in the eight categories, four pitching and four hitting. The eight areas are: Total Wins Total Saves Composite ERA Composite Ratio (total hits plus total walks divided by innings pitched) Composite Batting Average Total Home Runs Total RBI's Total Stolen Bases Teams are ranked on each of these eight categories and points are awarded based on each teams ranking in the league with 15 points being awarded for a first place ranking, 14 points for second, 13 for third, etc. Each week LineDrive will publish a newsletter for the league informing members of their current standings in each category and of their current standing in the pennant race. When LineDrive is run for the first time you will see a screen telling you that the program can not find the file LNDRV.CFG. THIS IS NORMAL. LineDrive needs to have certain information before it can run. You will supply this information in the setup procedure. The setup procedure only need to be done once and only takes a few minutes. Before setting up the program you must have made the following decisions: 1- the type of league you will have {1.00} 2- the name of your league (30 characters or less) 3- who will act as league commissioner {2.00} 4- how many teams will be in your league. You will need a list of owner names and the names of their teams 5- the length of the standard player contract in your league {3.60}, in other words, how long will you "own" each player. 6- (auction league only) the amount of the fees the league will charge for player trades {3.53}, free agent signings {3.41} and roster moves {3.04} -4- Section III RULES & REGULATIONS A LineDrive Fantasy League consists of from 2 to 15 teams and a commissioner who may also double as a team owner. <1.00> LEAGUE TYPES (for cash or not for cash, that be the question) LineDrive supports two kinds of leagues, DRAFT LEAGUES and AUCTION LEAGUES. Before setting up your LineDrive Fantasy League you will need to determine which type of league you want to play. Basically the difference is that an auction league is played for cash prizes, a draft league is a "just for fun" league. In an auction league owners determine a season spending limit before the league begins play. Owners spend money to acquire their opening day roster in an auction {3.20}, make player trades {3.50}, sign free agents {3.41} and make roster moves {3.04}. All fees collected for these expenditures are collected into a prize fund which is divided at season's end among the league's top four teams. In a draft league owners select players in a round-by-round player draft {3.30}. There are no charges made for player acquisitions, trades or free agent signings and there are no cash awards at season end in a draft league. Draft leagues are designed for the owner who does not want to spend a couple of car payments to play the game. <2.00> THE LEAGUE COMMISSIONER (who's in charge here?) The league commissioner may double as a team owner if he can remain impartial in rendering judgements. The commissioner is in charge of rule interpretation, weekly statistical updates, the league newsletter, the prize fund and it's distribution. Before the first player draft the league members must determine the type of league they will have {1.00} and if the league will be a mixed league (allow both NL and AL players). If the league is to be a mixed league, or if mid-week player trades are allowed {3.56}, the commissioner will be required to keep a week's backlog of box scores so that player stats may be brought up to date for the traded players. <3.00> THE PLAYERS (who's on first?) Each team in a LineDrive league can have up to 30 players. These players are grouped as follows: 2 catchers 1 first baseman 1 second baseman 1 third baseman 1 shortstop 1 middle infielder (either a second baseman or shortstop) 1 corner man (either a first or third baseman) -5- 1 utility player {3.02} 5 outfielders, one of whom can be an American League DH 5 starting pitchers 5 relief pitchers up to 6 reserve or "bench" players <3.01> QUALIFYING FOR A POSITION Before the season starts the a player is considered eligible for a position as long as it was the PRIMARY position that he played for his major league team the previous season. Once the season is under way a player becomes eligible for any position that his real life manager plays him at. <3.02> UTILITY PLAYERS To qualify as a utility player, a player must have played at least 2 positions for his major league team during the previous season. A player may be moved to utility after the season starts if he plays at least 2 positions during the current seasons. These positions may not both be outfield positions. In other words playing Center & Right field DOES NOT qualify a player to be a utility man. Playing Center Field and shortstop WOULD qualify him. <3.03> CHANGING POSITIONS Players move be moved freely between reserve positions and active positions with the understanding that only the statistics accrued by the player while holding an active position will count toward the league's standings. LineDrive will automatically deduct stats accrued while the player was on the bench. <3.04> ROSTER MOVE FEES During the setup procedure you have the option of whether or not to charge a fee for roster moves. If you elect to charge a roster move fee the fee will only be charged for moving a player from the "bench" or reserve roster to the active roster. There is no charge for moving a player from one active position to another or for moving from the active roster to reserve. <3.10> PLAYER ACQUISITIONS Players may be acquired in three manners. 1- they may be signed in the pre-season auction {3.20} or draft {3.30} 2- they may be signed as free agents once the season starts {3.40} 3- they may be acquired in a player trade {3.50} -6- <3.20> THE PLAYER AUCTION (head 'em...move 'em out!) If you have chosen an auction league you will acquire new players via the player auction. Owners take turns nominating a player for auction. Once a player is nominated all owners may bid on him until only one owner remains. The player then belongs to the highest bidder. The auction continues until all owners have a minimum of 24 players and no one is interested in any more players or all owners have a maximum of 30 players. Keep in mind that the spending limit you decided on during set up is for the ENTIRE SEASON. If you over extend yourself in the player auction you may find yourself unable to make key trades or sign free agents later in the season. If possible have a person who is not a league owner run the auction. This way you will not be worried about who made what bid while worrying about how much Canseco is REALLY worth. In our league my wife handles this chore. This is convenient because she is also on hand to beat me round about the head and shoulders for the amount of money I spend on players. Once purchased this player is yours until his contract runs out {#.##}, or you release or trade him. <3.30> THE PLAYER DRAFT (...hell no we won't go...) If you have chosen a draft league you will acquire new players via the player draft. Each owner is given a drafting position based on the position his team finished in last season. The drafting order is a semi-inverted order of last year's finish with the top team in the second division choosing first. In other words in an eight team league draft order would be: 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th This order insures that teams who find themselves out of the pennant race in August still have something to compete for. (And also eliminates the possiblity of a team throwing in the towel in order to insure a 1st round choice next year.) In your league's first season, team order is substituted for last year's finish. In other words in an eight team league the team designated as number 5 during setup would be the first to draft. Once you draft a player he is yours until his contract runs out {3.60} or you release or trade him. <3.40> FREE AGENTS (The pennant race according to Steinbrenner) Free agents are those players who are unowned by any other team owner and are picked up after the season starts. <3.41> FREE AGENT FEES In an auction league, before the season starts a fee is determined for free agent signings. When a player is signed as a free agent this fee becomes his salary for the year and the fee is added to the prize fund. -7- <3.42> FREE AGENT'S CONTRACT STATUS Regardless of the type of league a free agent's contract is for the current season only. He cannot be signed to an extended contract and will automatically be released at the end of the current season. <3.50> PLAYER TRADES (the pennant race according to Rosen) <3.51> TRADE LIMITATIONS Player trades can be made from draft day to August 1. <3.52> TRADING FOR DRAFT CHOICES In a draft league owners may move up in order or acquire multiple picks in a round by trading players for draft picks {#.##}. This procedure only effects the current round. LineDrive will return to the previous order beginning with the next round. <3.53> TRADE FEES In an auction league LineDrive will calculate the amount owed to the prize fund by multiplying the total number of players traded (both teams) by the fee set by the league during setup. The teams involved in the trade can then negotiate how much of the total amount each will each pay to the prize fund. This can provide an important leverage in a trade, especially toward season's end when funds are running low. <3.54> TRADED PLAYERS' CONTRACT STATUS Regardless of the type of league the player's contract remains intact. If a player has 2 years remaining on his contract when he is acquired in a trade he will still have 2 years remaining to his new team. If a player is playing out his option {3.62} with his current team, he will be automatically released at season's end by his new team. The amount of a player's salary also remains constant to the one paid by his old team but will not be deducted from the new team's money until draft day of the next season. <3.55> PLAYER POSITION AND THE TRADED PLAYER When a player is acquired from another team via a trade he is automatically assigned to reserve status. Use the "Assign A New Position" option {#.##} under Individual Player Options to assign him to an active position if desired. <3.56> KEEPING TRADED PLAYERS' STATS CURRENT The USA Today prints the statistics for the American League on Tuesday and the National League on Wednesday. If you allow trades to be made at any time during the week, or if you allow a mixed league (both NL & AL players) the commissioner will be forced to keep a week's backlog of box scores from a daily newspaper to accommodate statistics that are accrued after the player's USA Today stats come out. Use the Update Individual Stats under the Individual Players Options to bring stats current BEFORE making the trade. Remember that after a trade a player will be starting a fresh set of active stats and the team that traded him will keep his old stats toward their standings. (If the A's traded Welch at end of the season would the new team get to add 27 wins to their totals?) -8- <3.60> PLAYER CONTRACTS A player is considered under contract to his owner until he is released {#.##}, traded {3.50}, or plays out his option {3.61}. <3.61> CONTRACT EXTENSIONS In an auction league a player may have his contract extended by the team that owns him once. The player will make an offer to the team based on the amount of his current salary and on the number of years offered. The longer you wish to tie up a player the more his offer will increase. You will be given a chance to accept or reject this offer before the contract is extended. <3.62> A player's contract must be extended before draft day of the final year of his current contract. If draft day goes by without re-signing the player he begins playing out his option. An asterisk will be place behind his name to indicate that he is playing out his option and you will not be able to extend his contract. At the close of the season all option year players are automatically released and become available to the highest bidder in the next auction. <3.63> If a player's contract is extended it becomes a guaranteed contract. If you decide to release a player {3.80} before he has fulfilled this contract you must pay the balance of the contract into the prize fund. This amount does not count against your season spending limit. <3.64> Draft league owners may not extend a player's contract. This is because there is no compensation made and no reason why an owner could not tie up a major star through his entire career. <3.70> TRADED PLAYERS CONTRACT STATUS Players acquired in a trade with another team bring their current contract status with them {3.50}. A player acquired in a trade with 2 years at $27 remaining on his contract will serve 2 years at $27 with his new team before his contract runs out. A player who has guaranteed contract status with his previous team will have guaranteed contract status with his new team. <3.80> CLOSING OUT THE SEASON At the end of the each season the commissioner must run the END SEASON option. This will re-set all player stats and prepare the league for it's winter operations. At this time each owner must submit a list of the 18 or fewer players that will make up his winter roster. Owners are allowed to carry up to 18 players into the winter. All other players are released into free agency. <3.81> PLAYER CUTS & GUARANTEED CONTRACTS If an owner decides that he will not carry a player with a guaranteed contract on his winter roster he will have to pay the amount remaining on the player's contract into the prize fund {3.63} This fine will not count against his total season spendings in the coming season. -9- <4.00> LEAGUE STANDINGS (who's winnin'?) League standings are based on the following eight statistics: composite batting average total home runs total RBI's total stolen bases composite ERA total wins total saves composite ratio (of walks and hits to innings pitched) total saves Each week each team is ranked from 1st to last in the league in each of these standings. 15 points is awarded to the team in 1st place, 14 to the team in 2nd, 13 to 3rd, etc. Then the points awarded in all eight categories are totaled to determine the league's overall standings. <4.10> RESERVE PLAYERS' STATS LineDrive will automatically deduct the statistics a player gets while he is assigned to a "reserve" position. Only the statistics accrued by a player while he occupies an active position on his LineDrive team's active roster count toward the league standings. <4.20> PRIZE MONEY LineDrive will automatically keep track of each team's expenditures and the total amount of money in the prize fund. At the end of the season the prize fund is split as follows: 1st place = 40% 2nd place = 30% 3rd place = 20% 4th place = 10% -10- Section III RUNNING THE PROGRAM <5.00> HELP LineDrive is a simple program to run. Almost all areas of the program are menu driven. Simply use the arrow keys to move the highlight within the menu and press <ENTER> to make your selection. At any time context sensitive help is available by pressing the <F1> function key to bring up a help screen. Most of the time this help screen will be sufficient to get you through the problem. If you need additional help, the screen will have a cross reference to this manual using the paragraph numbers to make finding additional help quick and easy. <5.10> KEY CONVENTIONS In the instructions for LineDrive and within the program itself we will use the following conventions: < > indicates a required key to be pressed. For example <ESC> indicates that the Escape Key is to be pressed. The ^ symbol indicates a sequence of keys to be pressed. For example <CNTRL>^Q indicates that you need to press the "Q" key while holding down the Control Key. The dash (-) indicates additional keys in the sequence. For example <CNTRL>^Q-Y indicates that you need to press the "Q" key while holding down the Control Key, release both keys and then press "Y". <F1> The <F1> function key is used to bring up a context sensitive help screen anywhere in the program. This screen will contain a cross- reference to this documentation where applicable. <5.11> EDITING KEYS The following keys and key sequences are used throughout the program in any area where you are required to input names or statistical data. <F1> = Help <Down Arrow> = move down one data field <Up Arrow> = move up one data field <Right Arrow> move one space to the right in the field <Left Arrow> move one space to the left in the field <INSERT> = toggles the insert / overstrike mode <ENTER> = accept the data and move to the next field <CNTRL>^Q = delete entire line <CNTRL>^Q-Y = delete from cursor to end of line <CNTRL>^<Right Arrow> = move to next word -11- <6.00> SETTING UP LINEDRIVE The first time you run LineDrive you will get a screen telling you that the program can't find the file "LnDrv.CFG". THIS IS NORMAL. LineDrive needs to be set up before it can be run. If you have all of the information you need to set up your league you may press any key to begin the setup procedure. If you need more information, such as league members, team names, or salary limits press <ESC> to return to your operating system. Set up is a one time procedure that only takes a few minutes. Before setting up LineDrive you will need to hold a meeting of the members of your league. At this time each owner should decide on a name for his team. A vote should be held to determine who will act as league commissioner {2.00} and what type of league this will be. If you are still unclear about league types, they are explained in paragraph {1.00} If yours is going to be an auction league you will need to decide on spending limits {#.##} and fees charged by the league for free agent signings {#.##}, player trades {#.##} and roster moves {#.##}. Regardless of the league type you will need to decide on the length of the standard player contract {#.##} -12- <7.00> THE MAIN MENU The main menu is laid out as follows: ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Update Manager's Commissioner's Exit │ │ Statistics Options Options to Dos │ │ {7.10} {7.20} {7.30} │ └──────┬─────────────────┬───────────────┬──────────────────┬───────┘ │ │ │ │ ┌──────┴────────┐ │ ┌───────┴─────────────┐┌───┴──────────┐ │American League│ │ │ Calculate Standings ││Register Lndrv│ │National League│ │ │ Print Newsletter ││Exit to Dos │ └───────────────┘ │ │ Player Search ││ │ │ │ Re-Set Date │└──────────────┘ │ │ Hold Player Draft │ │ │ Prize Fund Options ─┼─┐ │ │ Close Out Season │ │ │ └─────────────────────┘ │ │ ┌────┴───────────────┐ ┌───────┴───────────────────┐ │ Funds Remaining │ │ Select Team │ │ Distribution │ │ View Starting Lineup │ │ Accounts Receivable│ │ View Entire Roster │ └────────────────────┘ │ Individual Player Options├───┐ │ {7.24} │ │ │ Print Out Roster │ │ │ Sign A Free Agent │ │ │ Trade Players │ ┌─┴───────────────────────┐ └───────────────────────────┘ │ View Statistics │ │ Change Position │ │ Update Statistics │ │ Extend Contract │ │ Release Player │ │ Change Major League Team│ │ Edit Player │ └─────────────────────────┘ -13- <7.10> THE STATISTICAL UPDATE OPTIONS Use the statistical updates (American & National League) to bring your league's statistics current. Each week the USA Today publishes the American League players' stats on Tuesday and the National League players' on Wednesday. LineDrive uses a unique format for stat update to greatly reduce the time you must spend on stats. Rather going straight down each Fantasy Roster and searching all over the paper for each player, LineDrive will process each major league team in order, pulling out the players on each Fantasy Roster that match that major league team. In other words, in an American League Update, you will update all of the Baltimore Orioles' players in your league, followed by all of the Boston Red Sox, etc.. In a National League Update you will update all of the Atlanta Braves, followed by the Chicago Cubs, etc.. When you update a player you just input the stats exactly as they appear in the USA Today. You need not worry about whether or not a player is currently holding an active position. LineDrive will note the player's current position and assign the statistics accordingly. <7.11> INNINGS PITCHED When you update a pitcher, use a decimal point to separate partial innings pitched from full innings pitched. In other words, 72 and 1/3 innings pitched would be entered as 72.1 and 153 and 2/3 innings pitched would be entered as 153.2. -14- <7.20> MANAGER'S OPTIONS <7.21> SELECT TEAM You MUST select the team to work with BEFORE using any other of the Manager's options. To select a team, simply choose this option from the main menu and then use the UP & DOWN ARROW KEYS to highlight the team and press <ENTER>. <7.22> VIEW STARTING LINEUP This option will view the selected team's starting or active players only. Usefull to see if there are any unoccupied positions or to see which players hold down which positions. <7.23> VIEW ENTIRE ROSTER Use this option to see the entire roster of the selected team including those players who are currently on the reserve list. Usefull to see if there are any openings on a roster prior to a player acquisition. <7.24> INDIVIDUAL PLAYER OPTIONS Choose the player you wish to work with from the list presented by highlighting him and pressing <ENTER>. You will then see the sub-menu shown in diagram {7.00}. This is where you can work with individual players, changing their positions or their contract status. <7.241> VIEW STATISTICS This option will allow you to view an individual player's statistics for the season. The stats will be divided into "ACTIVE", "BENCH" and "TOTAL". A player's active stats are those that were acquired while he held an active position on his Fantasy Team's roster. His bench stats are those acquired while he was on his Fantasy Team's reserve roster. The total stats are the combination of active and bench stats and should agree with the USA Today's stats. <7.242> CHANGE POSITION Use this option to move a player from one position to another. To assign him to another position simply move the highlighted area using the arrow keys to the position you want this player to occupy. Keep in mind that if another player already occupies this position, that player will automatically be moved to reserve. <7.243> UPDATE STATISTICS Use this option to update an individual player without having to update the entire league. This is usefull if your league allows both AL & NL players or if you allow mid-week trades (in both of these cases before a trade is made you must bring each player's stats current by using daily box scores) <7.244> EXTEND CONTRACT In an auction league, you may extend a player's contract one time. This extension may be for up to 5 years. After this extension is played out a player automatically becomes a free agent {#.##}. A player being signed to an extended contract will want a substantial raise in salary. LineDrive will automatically calculate this raise for you and then ask if you wish to sign the contract. See {#.##} for more information on contracts. -15- Contract extensions are not available in draft leagues because there are no salaries paid to players and there would be no reason that a team could not tie up a major star for his entire career. <7.245> RELEASE THIS PLAYER Use this option to release a player into free agency {#.##} and free up a spot on your roster. Before releasing the player LineDrive will ask you to verify that you wish to let him go. <7.246> CHANGE MAJOR LEAGUE TEAM Use this option to move a player to another major league team in the event of a trade. This keeps him in the proper order for stat updates {#.##} <7.247> EDIT PLAYER (registered version only) Use this option to correct errors made while entering stats. Section IV ERROR MESSAGES If you get one of the following errors messages your equipment is somehow at fault. Here are the error numbers and the way that they can be corrected: Error 7: OUT OF MEMORY. Your computer does not have enough memory to run LineDrive. Error 24: DEVICE TIMEOUT. Indicates a printer error. Is your printer turned on and on line? Error 25: DEVICE FAULT. Indicates a serious hardware problem probably with printer. Error 51: INTERNAL ERROR. Again indicates a serious hardware problem. Error 53: FILE NOT FOUND. Do you have the correct data disk in the correct drive? Error 57: DEVICE I/O ERROR. Indicates a printer problem Error 61: DISK FULL. You have too many files on your data disk. Make a new data disk or try copying LnDRV.DOC to another disk. Error 67: TOO MANY FILES. You have too many files on this disk. See Error 61. Error 68: DEVICE UNAVAILABLE. No printer is on line. Error 70: DISK IS WRITE PROTECTED. LineDrive needs to access the disk. Remove the write protect tab. Error 71: DISK NOT READY. Close the disk drive door. Error 72: DISK MEDIA ERROR. Is this disk formatted? See your DOS manual for info on formatting a disk. If this is a formatted disk then it has gone bad. Error 75: PATH/FILE ACCESS ERROR. Do you have the proper disk in the drive? On a hard drive, have you changed your directory structure? Error 76: PATH NOT FOUND. See Error 75 If you get an error on listed here, please contact: Maranatha Custom Software 236 Sunnybrook Dr. Fortuna, Ca. 95540 We will be glad to help in any way we can. If the problem lies with the program we will make corrections and rush you a corrected version free of charge. READ ME 1st this is a duplication of the file that is on your distribution diskette called 'README.1st'. It is VERY important that you are familiar with this section before you begin installation. ********************************************************************* * ************************* * * * IMPORTANT NOTICE * * * ************************* * * * * DO NOT run LineDrive from the original distribution diskette. * * Make copies of the disk before you run the program! * * If you have a hard drive start LineDrive from it. If you have a * * system with two floppy drives we recommend that you put the * * (backup) program disk in drive a: and use b: for your data disk. * * * * If you are running LineDrive from a system with only a single * * 5.25 inch (360 kb) floppy you will only have room for 3 teams * * unless you remove the file LNDRV.DOC from your play disk * * before beginning installation. If you need to delete this file * * use the command TYPE LNDRV.DOC > PRN to print out the * * instruction manual before deleting it. There is a routine in * * the program to print out the manual but it must be on disk. * * * ********************************************************************* To run LineDrive type "LNDRV" and press <ENTER> Before running LineDrive for the first time, make sure that you are familiar with the contents of this file. LineDrive Fantasy Baseball (hereafter referred to as LineDrive) is copyrighted software - it is not now and never has been in the public domain. Every release of LineDrive comes in two versions, the ShareWare or Evaluation Version and the Registered Version. The ShareWare Version of LineDrive is intended for evaluation purposes. The ShareWare Version is fully enabled so that all areas of the program may be tested, but, only three player trades or free agent signings can be made. Before running LineDrive make sure that the following files are in the drive/directory that you will start the program from: LnDrv.exe (LineDrive the program) LnDrv.hlp (the help file) LnDrv.doc (the manual) Brun45.exe (the run time module) Title.scn (the title screen) The ShareWare Version of LineDrive may be copied and distributed to others subject to the following conditions: No charge may be made for LineDrive itself. Any fees collected for the sale of diskettes containing LineDrive must be clearly stated as being for materials and/or handling charges. The cost of the disk containing LineDrive may not exceed $15.00. All files included on the original distribution disk must be included when the program is distributed or "uploaded" to a "bulletin board". These files are: LnDrv.exe (LineDrive the program) LnDrv.hlp (the help file) LnDrv.doc (the manual) Brun45.exe (the run time module) Title.scn (the title screen) Readme.1st (this file) Marantha Custom Software reserves the right to prohibit certain individuals or companies form distributing LineDrive. If we chose to excercise this right the individuals or companies will be notified by certified letter. The Registered Version of LineDrive is subject to the same legal restrictions as traditionally distributed or"commercial" software. The owner of the Registered Version of LineDrive may install LineDrive only on those computers owned by him. You may make copies for archive purposes only. **** WARNING **** Before installing this or ANY new software, you should back up any valuable data on your computer system. LineDrive has been thoroughly tested on different systems and is believed to be reliable and non-harmful. However, no one can ever be totally sure of the effect a program will have on every computer. You as the user are completely responsible for determining the fitness or usability of LineDrive Fantasy Baseball. Maranatha Custom Software will not be liable for damages of any kind, including but not limited to lost sales or profits arising from any failure of this package to perform as expected.