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sCOREkeeper User's Manual Copyright (c) 1986 Micro Specials 9704 Mill Creek Dr. Eden Prairie, MN 55344 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .............................................. 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITS ........................... 3 GETTING STARTED .......................................... 3 Making a Backup Floppy Disk - Single Drive System ..... 3 Making a Backup Floppy Disk - Dual Drive System ....... 4 Installing sCOREkeeper on a Hard Disk ................. 4 Checking for System Updates ........................... 5 Setting Up Initial Parameters ......................... 5 THE SCORE PROGRAM ACCESS AND MAIN MENU OPTIONS ............................. 6 S Option .............................................. 6 R Option .............................................. 7 W Option .............................................. 7 C Option .............................................. 7 X Option .............................................. 7 FUNCTION KEY DEFINITIONS ................................. 8 BRIDGE SCORING DATA SCREEN ............................... 10 General Information ................................... 10 Field Descriptions .................................... 10 RAW SCORE SCREEN ......................................... 14 General Information ................................... 14 Special Key Functions ................................. 14 Entering Scores ....................................... 15 Average Scores ........................................ 15 Editing Scores ........................................ 16 Erasing Scores ........................................ 16 CONTESTANT NAMES SCREEN .................................. 17 SECTION TITLES AND ACBL AWARD CALCULATION SCREEN ......... 18 PRINT MENU OPTIONS ....................................... 19 Selecting Which Sections to Print ..................... 19 Printing Overall Results .............................. 20 Total Scores Only ..................................... 20 Individual Hand Scores Only ........................... 20 Both Total Scores and Individual Hand Scores .......... 20 Individual Partnership Result Slips ................... 20 Single Round Match Point Results ...................... 21 Exit the Print Menu ................................... 21 INTRODUCTION sCOREkeeper is an automated duplicate bridge scoring system. It's primary purpose is to enable users (most likely Bridge Directors) to compute and maintain duplicate bridge competition scores and print results. The system is menu driven which means the user answers questions or chooses options from a list displayed in a menu. The sCOREkeeper System has three main programs: SCORE, REPORT, and HANDS. The SCORE program can score duplicate movements and compute multi-section match points, percentages and rankings. The REPORT program enables users to keep and print cumulative records of all duplicate session winners and ACBL awards. The HANDS program generates random "computer hands" that can be "made up" at the beginning of the competition, and hand summary sheets that can be duplicated and passed out at the end of the competition. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITS The sCOREkeeper System can be run on any IBM PC or compatible with 80 column display and 256K memory. A printer is also recommended for posting results and permanent records. The system can handle up to five sections of play with three to 19 tables per section. The movements allowed are Mitchell, Barometer, Howell, One-and-a-half Table Appendix Mitchell, Scrambled Mitchell and Half Table Mitchell movements with either an East/West sit-out or a North/South "bump" movement. Any combination of different movements and different size sections can be run in the same session. GETTING STARTED The sCOREkeeper System can either be run from floppy disk, or installed and run on a hard disk. If you are using a floppy disk drive system, make a backup copy of the sCOREkeeper disk and use that disk as your working copy. If you are using a hard disk system, install sCOREkeeper on the hard disk and keep the floppy disk as a backup. Please refer to your operating system reference manual(s) for complete details on formatting disks and making backups. Here are some general instructions for making backups. Making a Backup Floppy Disk - Single Drive System Begin with a blank formatted disk. Insert the sCOREkeeper disk in the A drive. At the operating system prompt, type COPY A:*.* B: and press the Enter key. Follow the messages printed by the operating system. When the message tells you to insert a disk in drive B, use the blank formatted disk. When all files Page 3 INTRODUCTION GETTING STARTED (cont.) Making a Backup Floppy Disk - Single Drive System (cont.) have been copied, a files copied message will be displayed and the operating system prompt will appear again. Remove the backup disk and label it "sCOREkeeper Working Copy". Always use this disk to operate the sCOREkeeper System. Keep the original sCOREkeeper disk in a safe place and only use it as a master. Making a Backup Floppy Disk - Dual Drive System Begin with a blank formatted disk. Insert the sCOREkeeper disk in the A drive. Insert the blank formatted disk in the B drive. At the operating system prompt, type COPY A:*.* B: and press the Enter key. When all files have been copied, a files copied message will be displayed and the operating system prompt will appear again. Remove the backup disk from the B drive and label it "sCOREkeeper Working Copy". Always use this disk to operate the sCOREkeeper System. Keep the original sCOREkeeper disk in a safe place and only use it as a master. Installing sCOREkeeper on a Hard Disk Establish a sub-directory on the hard disk that will contain all of the sCOREkeeper System files. Insert the original sCOREkeeper disk in the A drive. Use the COPY command to install the sCOREkeeper System files on the hard disk. For example, to install the system into a sub-directory called BRIDGE, enter the following commands from the root directory (refer to your operating system reference manual): C: MD \BRIDGE CD \BRIDGE COPY A:*.* Page 4 INTRODUCTION GETTING STARTED (cont.) Checking for System Updates Occasionally updates may be made to the sCOREkeeper System. Type NOTES at the operating system prompt to display information about any changes and additions that have been made. Setting up Initial Parameters The first time you use the sCOREkeeper System some general information needs to be established. First make sure the INSTALL.DAT file is on the same drive and directory as the program files. (This should already be the case if a simple backup copy was made.) If you are using a two floppy disk drive system, insert a data disk in drive B for saving the data to be entered. At the operating system prompt, type INSTALL and press the Enter key. A display screen should appear containing questions about your printer, monitor type, etc. There are also questions regarding special features that are available, such as not having to enter trailing zeroes on raw scores. The system gives you a chance to verify or modify your answers before returning to the operating system prompt. At this point you may access any of the three main programs that make up the sCOREkeeper System. Each of those programs is described in the following sections of this manual. Page 5 ACCESS AND MAIN MENU OPTIONS Most of the user's time will be spent in the SCORE program entering competition information, contestant names, contestant scores, etc. Access the SCORE program from the operating system prompt by typing A: and pressing the Enter key. The operating system prompt will be displayed again. Type SCORE and press the Enter key and the system displays an introductory screen to the sCOREkeeper System. Press any key to continue (the space bar is commonly used). The system displays the `Main Menu' screen. The `Main Menu' screen has the following five options: S - Start a new scoring session R - Read an old session from disk W - Write current scoring session to disk C - Continue with current scoring session X - Exit this program At this point there is no active or current scoring session. sCOREkeeper waits for you to enter the letter corresponding to the function you want to perform. If this is the first time you have used sCOREkeeper, begin by typing S to start a new scoring session. When a new scoring session is started or an old one is read from disk, that session becomes active. Additions and/or changes can only be made to an active session. Once additions and/or changes have been made, sCOREkeeper will not allow you to exit the program or activate another session until you indicate whether or not the new data is to be saved. S OPTION Type S if this is the first time you have used sCOREkeeper, or whenever you wish to start a new scoring session. If a session is already active and changes have been made and not saved, sCOREkeeper will beep and give you another chance to save the data before activating the new session. If you activate a new session without doing a save, any changes made to the previously active session will be destroyed. When you begin a scoring session, the system asks you to provide a name for the output file. There are two parts to a file name. The first can be up to eight characters long. The second is optional, must begin with a period and can be up to three characters long. For example, FIRST.GAM, MAY13.AM and MAY13.PM are all valid file names. If the name already exists on disk, the system displays a warning and asks you to verify whether or not you want the existing file destroyed. If you enter a valid file name, the system displays the `Bridge Scoring Data' screen. Page 6 MAIN MENU OPTIONS R OPTION Use the `R' (read) option to retrieve a scoring session previously stored on disk. Retrieving old data may be necessary for updating or for printing reports. Again, if another session is already active and changes have been made and not saved, the system beeps and gives you another chance to save the data before continuing. The system asks for the name of the file to retrieve. Enter the name exactly as it was entered when the file was created. If you are unsure of the file name, press F1 to display a list of files in a particular directory. Once a file is retrieved, the system displays the `Bridge Scoring Data' screen. W OPTION Use the `W' (write) option to save additions and changes made to the currently active session onto a data disk in drive B. When changes have been made to the current session, sCOREkeeper will not allow you to activate another session until you either save the changes or verify that they are to be destroyed. Once changes are saved, the system returns to the `Main Menu' screen and the session remains active. C OPTION The `C' (continue) option allows you to continue with the currently active session. If no session is active, the system asks for the name of an output file, just as if the S option was used to start a new session. If a session is active, the system returns to the `Bridge Scoring Data' screen. X OPTION The `X' (exit) option leaves the sCOREkeeper system and returns you to the operating system prompt. If changes have been made to a session and have not been saved, the system beeps and gives you another chance to store the changes, or to verify that they are to be destroyed. Page 7 FUNCTION KEY DEFINITIONS At any given time, the function keys available and a short description of what they do is shown in the bottom two lines of the screen. A function key almost always does the same operation wherever it is used. The available function keys are described below. Function Key Operation F1 Match Points - displays the current match points for each hand and player. F2 Total Match Points - displays current total match points, ranking and percentage score for each team. F3 Page Left - Since sCOREkeeper uses a spreadsheet format to display information, sometimes not all of the information on one "page" will fit on the screen. The page left function displays the area of a "page" that is out of view to your left. F4 Page Right - displays the area of a "page" that is out of view to your right (see also Page Left). F5 Previous Section - displays information for the previous section, if more than one section exists. For example, if you are viewing match points for Section C, you can switch to match points for Section B simply by pressing F5. F6 Next Section - displays information for the next section, if more than one section have been defined. For example, if you are viewing match points for Section A, you can switch to match points for Section B simply by pressing F6. F7 Names - displays the `Contestant Names' screen on which contestant names, handicaps and first session results of a two session event are entered. F8 Print - displays the print menu to print reports. F9 N/S or E/W - switches the display from North/South information to East/West information, or vice versa. Page 8 FUNCTION KEY DEFINITIONS Function Key Operation F10 Raw Scores - switches to the `Raw Scores' screen on which raw hand scores are entered. ESC Exit - switches to the `Bridge Scoring Data' screen on which table movements and other general information is entered. HOME Round Number - changes the round number for information being entered or displayed on the `Raw Scores' screen. END Same as HOME. ALT/F1 Same as HOME. Page 9 BRIDGE SCORING DATA SCREEN GENERAL INFORMATION The `Bridge Scoring Data' screen is used to define the number of sections, tables, boards per match, rounds, table movements, etc. for the scores to be entered for each section in the currently active session. Each time a new scoring session is started, the system automatically inserts default field values. To keep the default value, simply press the Enter key. To change the default, simply type in the new value. The valid data for some fields may depend on what is specified in another field. sCOREkeeper will only allow valid data. If invalid data is entered, the systems beeps and the cursor will not move until an acceptable value is entered. Once all the information is entered, press the F10 key to begin recording scores. FIELD DESCRIPTIONS Each field on the `Bridge Scoring Data' screen is described below. Number of Separate Sections - Indicate the number of different sections to be scored. A maximum of five sections is allowed. Since sections are scored independently, they may all be of different sizes and use different movements. Overall winners can be calculated over multiple sections. When those sections are of different sizes, the scores in the section with the lower average are automatically scaled up when the "overalls" are calculated and printed. (Please refer to the description of the Print Menu.) Section Names - Sections are identified by the letters A, B, C, D and E. Table Movement - Indicate the letter that corresponds to the table movement for the section. For half table movements, except One-and-a-half Table Appendix Mitchell, see also the description of the `Additional 1/2 Table Rover' field. M Indicates any standard Mitchell movements for three to 19 tables. When Mitchell movements are desired for an even number of tables, also use the `Skip Round or Bye Stand/Relay' field. This option can also be used to indicate half table movements, except One-and-a-half Table Appendix Mitchell. (See also the `Additional 1/2 Table Rover' field description.) Page 10 BRIDGE SCORING DATA SCREEN FIELD DESCRIPTIONS (cont.) Table Movements (cont.) H Indicates Howell movements for three to seven tables only. Howell movements in the sCOREkeeper System are fixed according to directions in the reference book Duplicate Bridge Direction by Alex Groner, published by Barclay Bridge Supplies, Inc. of Port Chester, N. Y. B Indicates any Barometer movements (three to 19 table standard Mitchell movements only). Results can be printed at the end of each round of play (refer to Print Menu description). A Indicates One-and-a-half Table Appendix Mitchell movements for three to 19 tables, counting only the number of full tables. This option is most useful for 8 1/2 to 11 1/2 table movements. The lone East/West pair will be at a table numbered one greater than the highest numbered full table. The computer automatically sets up a relay of boards between table one and the highest numbered full table. In addition, if there is an odd number of full tables, the computer automatically sets up a skip round on the round number computed in the following manner: (Number of full tables + 1) / 2. S Indicates Scrambled Mitchell movements. This option can also be used to indicate half table movements, except One-and-a-half Table Appendix Mitchell. (See also the description of the `Additional 1/2 Table Rover' field.) Page 11 BRIDGE SCORING DATA SCREEN FIELD DESCRIPTIONS (cont.) Total Number of Full Tables - Indicate the total number of tables in play, which depends on the table movement specified. Mitchell - 3 to 19 tables Howell - 3 to 7 tables Barometer - 3 to 19 tables One-and-a-half Table Appendix Mitchell - 3 to 19 tables, counting only the number of full tables Half Table (see also the `Additional 1/2 Table Rover' field) East/West sit-out - count extra E/W pair as a full table North/South bump - count only the number of full tables Additional 1/2 Table Rover (y/N) - Used with half table movements, except One-and-a-half Table Appendix Mitchell. For East/West sit-out movements, type "N" for no. For North/South bump movements, type "y" for yes. When a bump movement is indicated, a message at the bottom of the screen tells you that the bump movement can be printed by pressing Alt-F1. Two copies are printed, one for each team member. Scores for all East/West pairs that sit out a round, or North/South pairs that are bumped, are factored up when the final results are printed. Skip round or Bye Stand/Relay - This field becomes available when an even number of tables is specified for Mitchell movements. If you type "S" to indicate there will be a skip round, you must also fill in the `Skip Round \ Number of Tables' field (a normal default value is provided). If you type "B" to indicate a Relay Bye Stand movement, you must also fill in the fields `Relay boards between tables' and `Bye Stand between tables' (normal default values are provided for these fields). Number of Boards Per Match - Any number of boards per match can be entered as long as the total number of boards in play is 40 or less. This field is not available when Howell table movements are indicated. Fixed Howell movements in the sCOREkeeper System have been taken from the reference book Duplicate Bridge Direction by Alex Groner. Number of Rounds to Play - Indicate the number of rounds to play. Up to 2 "revenge" rounds are allowed. Two Session Event (y/N)? - Indicate whether or not scores to be entered are for a two session event. If they are, the first session carry over scores are entered on the `Contestant Names' screen. Final winners will be calculated for this session scores and for total scores from both sessions. Page 12 BRIDGE SCORING DATA SCREEN FIELD DESCRIPTIONS (cont.) Handicap Game (y/N) - Indicate whether or not teams will have handicaps. Handicaps are entered in the `Contestant Names' display. Winners are calculated both with and without handicaps added to the actual results; handicaps are added into printed results only. 1st Board Number at Table 1 - sCOREkeeper offers a random "computer hand" generator that can be used to make up hands. This field must be filled when computer hands are "made up" at one table and then passed to another table before the first round begins. 1st E/W Pair Number at Table 1 - This field is required when East/West pairs are moved before the first round begins, as in a "computer hand" competition. Skip Round / Number of Tables - When an "S" is entered in the `Skip round or Bye Stand/Relay' field, use this field to indicate the number of the skip round and the number of tables to be skipped in that round. Relay boards between tables - When a "B" is entered in the `Skip round or Bye Stand/Relay' field, use this field to indicate the numbers of the two adjacent tables that the boards will be relayed between. Bye Stand between tables - When a "B" is entered in the `Skip round or Bye Stand/Relay' field, use this field to indicate the numbers of the tables that the bye stand will be between. Top Score on a Board - This number is calculated by sCOREkeeper and displayed for the Director's convenience. Section Averages - This number is calculated by sCOREkeeper and displayed for the Director's convenience. Page 13 RAW SCORES SCREEN GENERAL INFORMATION Scores for both North/South and East/West pairs are entered and maintained on the `Raw Scores' screen. The "N/S" or "E/W" in the upper left corner indicates which direction is being displayed. Use the F3 and F4 function keys to display the area of the score sheet that is out of view, and the F5 and F6 function keys to switch between sections. At any time, you may also use the F1 or F2 function keys to display the current match point scores or standings of the tournament, and the F8 function key to print the scores and standings. SPECIAL KEY FUNCTIONS On the `Raw Scores' screen, in addition to the function keys listed on the bottom two lines of the screen, some keys also have special functions. The "h" key works the same as the HOME key to change the round number. The arrow keys, tab key and shift-tab keys move the cursor as normal. The "e", "x", "s" and "d" keys move the cursor up, down, left and right respectively. These are useful when the Num-Lock key is set for data entry. Data entry can be terminated by pressing the Enter key or by typing a plus (+) or a minus (-). For example, the score -120 can be entered "120-" without having to press the Enter key. The last score entered can be repeated by typing a plus (+) and pressing the Enter key. The negative of the last score entered can be repeated by typing a minus (-) and pressing the Enter key. These two functions are very useful when scores are entered from the "traveling" slips and there are a lot of similar scores in succession. Page 14 RAW SCORE SCREEN ENTERING SCORES Scores may be entered in the following two ways. Both methods show the pair number and hand number as each score is entered, as well as the opponent's pair number and round number at the bottom of the screen. Trailing zeroes do not have to be entered if that feature was selected when initial parameters were set up in the INSTALL program. 1. At the end of each round - Collect "pick-up slips" at the end of each round. Use the HOME key to indicate the round number. The matches played in the indicated round are highlighted on the screen. Enter the scores for each match. Negative scores are automatically entered for the opponents. 2. From the traveling slips at the end of the complete session - If scores are being entered for only one or two sections, you may wait until the end of the session and enter all the scores from the "traveling" score sheets for each board. Change the round number to zero and sCOREkeeper will allow you to enter the scores for individual tables for each pair just as you would read them off the traveling slips. Negative scores are automatically entered for the opponents. AVERAGE SCORES There are three ways to use the Average Scores feature: 1. Type AVE or just A to get an "average" score for both the North/South and East/West teams. 2. Type AVE+ or just A+ to get an "average plus" score for the displayed team and an "average minus" score the opposing team. Or type AVE- or just A- to get an "average minus" score for the displayed team and an "average plus" score for the opposing team. 3. Type AVE++ or just A++ to get an "average plus" score for both the North/South and East/West teams. Or type AVE-- or just A-- to get an "average minus" score for both North/South and East/West teams. Page 15 RAW SCORES SCREEN EDITING SCORES Scores can be changed at any time by changing the round number to zero and moving the cursor to any position on the score sheet that is a valid match. The cursor will only move to positions on the screen for hand/pair combinations that are valid matches for the number of tables and table rotation selected. ERASING SCORES Scores can be erased at any time by changing the entered score to -1. The score for that match is erased on both the North/South and East/West score sheets. Page 16 CONTESTANT NAMES SCREEN The main purpose of this screen is to enter the names of all the contestants. Handicaps are also entered on this screen if this is a "handicap game". In addition, first session results are entered if this is a two session event (see `Bridge Scoring Data Screen'). Names are entered in pairs and each pair is numbered. Type a name then press the Enter key to go on to the next name. Use the F9 key to switch between North/South and East/West pairs. The "N/S" or "E/W" in the upper left corner of the screen indicates whether the pairs entered are for North/South or East/West. For handicaps and first session results, the system beeps if an unacceptable value is entered. You must enter a valid value to continue. Press the ESC key when all information has been entered. The system displays the Section Titles and ACBL Award Calculation screen. Page 17 SECTION TITLES AND ACBL AWARD CALCULATION SCREEN SECTION TITLES The Section Titles portion of the screen enables the Director to enter up to four lines of text that will be shown at the top of each page of reports printed using the F8 key. Each line can be up to 60 characters long. Section titles are not required. Use the End key to skip this portion of the screen and move the cursor to the first position under ACBL Award Calculation. ACBL AWARD CALCULATION sCOREkeeper automatically inserts default values in this portion of the screen, and calculates the section awards based on the number in the "Class of Game" field. If necessary, change the default values to those appropriate for your club, and use a six for Special Case in the `Class of Game' field to type in your own section award values. The "Additional Factor" field is used as specified by the ACBL for special events like men's pairs or women's pairs. Page 18 PRINT MENU OPTIONS When you press the F8 key to print reports, the SCORE program displays the following menu options: T - Total Scores Only H - Individual Hand Scores Only B - Both Total Scores and Individual Hand Scores I - Individual Partnership Result Slips S - Single Round Match Point Results X - Exit the Print Menu Make sure your printer is on and ready before making a selection. Scores for all East/West pairs that had a sit-out round, and all North/South pairs that were bumped, are factored up when the results are printed. SELECTING WHICH SECTIONS TO PRINT If only one section has been defined, the system prints the report as soon as a report selection is made. If more than one section has been defined, the system asks "Print data for ALL of the sections?" If you answer yes, information on all defined sections will be printed. If you answer no, the system gives you the opportunity to select which sections to print and to indicate which sections should be combined. The system shows each section name, and beneath each name is a number. The last section that was active has the number 1; the rest have zeroes. For example, suppose three sections, A, B and C have been defined and B was the last active section. The screen would show this: Print data for all of the sections? N A B C 0 1 0 Mark sections to be scored together with a similar number (1-5): Press ESC when ready to print... Following the screen instructions, use the numbers 1 to 5 to indicate which sections to combine and which to print. For example, if the numbers were changed to the following: A B C 2 1 1 then scores for sections B and C would be combined and printed first, followed by scores for section A. Page 19 PRINT MENU OPTIONS PRINTING OVERALL RESULTS Overall results are available for any combination of defined sections whenever an option that includes total scores is selected and there is more than one defined section. Once you have indicated which sections to include and combine, the system asks "Print the Overall Winners?" If you answer yes (Y), the system uses your include/combine indications to determine what overall scores to print. Using the previous example: A B C 2 1 1 the system would print overall results for sections B and C combined first, then for section A alone. TOTAL SCORES ONLY The system prints overall results for sections in the order defined by the user (see `Printing Overall Results'). Whenever the teams in a section have played a different number of hands, scores are factored up at the time the report is printed. Scores are also factored up before overall winners are calculated if overall results are requested for more than one section and section averages are different. INDIVIDUAL HAND SCORES This option prints hand by hand results, including both raw score and match points, for each team in the competition. The hands are numbered across the top and the pair numbers go down the page. BOTH TOTAL SCORES AND INDIVIDUAL HAND SCORES Total scores for the North/South teams are printed first, followed by the individual hand scores for the North/South teams. The sequence is then repeated for the East/West teams. INDIVIDUAL PARTNERSHIP RESULT SLIPS At the end of the competition, this option can be used to print individual result slips for each team in the competition. The slips are printed four per page and can be cut along the dotted lines and handed to the contestants. Each slip shows the contestant name, overall results and the results for that team on each individual hand they played. Page 20 PRINT MENU OPTIONS SINGLE ROUND MATCH POINT RESULTS Use the Single Round Match Point Results report option to print results at the end of each round of play. When this report option is selected, a round number must be specified. After indicating which sections to include and/or combine, press the Escape key and the system will ask for the round number. Make sure your printer is on and ready before typing the round number. EXIT THE PRINT MENU This option returns to the screen from which the Print Menu was accessed. Page 21