Franklin BOOKMAN BLB-2039 Manual de usuario
Electronic Publishers
®
Electronic Publishers
CARTRIDGE
User’s Guide
BLB-2039
Total Baseball
Encyclopedia 1996
™
www.franklin.com
1
Contents
Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN
™
!
BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable electronic
reference with a built-in book and a slot in the
back for more books. With this
Total Baseball
Encyclopedia
you can find players’ career bat-
ting and pitching statistics from 1876-1995.
You can also view team batting and pitching
statistics, league standings, World Series re-
sults, and Award Winners. Simply install this
cartridge into your BOOKMAN to get started.
Installing Cartridges & Selecting Books .......................... 3
Using the Color Keys ...................................................... 4
Viewing a Demonstration ............................................... 4
Finding Player Statistics ................................................. 5
Finding Rookies .............................................................. 6
Finding Team Statistics .................................................. 7
Correcting Team Names ................................................. 8
Finding League Standings .............................................. 8
Finding World Series and Award Winners ....................... 9
Finding Bests and Worsts ............................................. 10
Using Ratios ................................................................. 11
Adding a Limiter ........................................................... 12
Adding Qualifiers ......................................................... 13
Putting It All Together .................................................. 14
Appendix A: Sample Ratios, Qualifiers, & Limiters ........ 16
Appendix B: Abbreviations ........................................... 17
Cartridge Care & Optional Features .............................. 18
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Key Guide
Function Keys
CLEAR
Clears a request.
MENU
No effect.
MAX
(red) Types MAX to find
maximum statistics.
MIN
(green) Types MIN to find
minimum statistics.
GT/LT
(yellow) Types a Greater Than
(GT) or Less Than (LT) limiter in
a request.
BAT/PIT
(blue) Switches between
batting and pitching statistics.
CARD
Exits the selected book.
ON/OFF
Turns BOOKMAN on or off.
Other Keys
BACK
Backs up or erases letters.
ENTER
Enters a request or selects a
list item.
HELP
Shows help messages.
SPACE
Types a space or pages down
in help messages.
. ’
Types a decimal point.
Direction Keys
Moves in indicated direction.
CAP
+ Zooms to the beginning or
or end of an entry or list.
Star Key Combinations*
✩
+
DN
Displays the next or
or
UP
previous year’s statistics.
✩
+ Types a dash.
✩
+ Types a slash.
✩
+ N Shifts the top row of
letters to type numbers.
➤ Understanding the Color Keys
The color keys (red, green, yellow, and
blue) perform the functions listed above
only for the BOOKMAN book de-
scribed in this User’s Guide.
Other books have their own color key
functions, which are labelled on their
cartridges and listed in their User’s
Guides. For more information, read
“Using the Color Keys.”
*Hold
✩
while pressing the other key.
3
Warning: Never install or remove a
cartridge when your BOOKMAN is
turned on. If you do, information that
you entered in its built-in book and in
an installed cartridge will be erased.
1. Turn BOOKMAN off.
2. Turn BOOKMAN over.
3. Align the cartridge tabs with
the notches in the slot.
4. Press the cartridge until it
snaps into place.
Installing Cartridges Selecting Books
Once you have installed a cartridge in
your BOOKMAN, you must select
which book you want to use.
1. Turn BOOKMAN on.
2. Press
CARD
.
These are sample books.
3. Press or to highlight
the book you want.
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
➤ Auto Shutoff & Auto Resume
If you forget to turn off your BOOKMAN,
it will automatically shut off in two minutes.
Also, you can turn off BOOKMAN at
any screen. When you turn BOOK-
MAN on again, the screen that you
last viewed will appear.
➤ Removing Cartridges
Warning: When you remove a
cartridge to install another cartridge,
information that you entered in the
first cartridge will be erased.
4
Before you start using this book, you
may want to view a demonstration of
what it can do.
Once you have installed the cartridge
and selected this book, type DEMO
and press
ENTER
to view the demon-
stration. If you want to stop the dem-
onstration, press
CLEAR
.
The red, green, yellow, and blue keys
on your BOOKMAN change functions
according to which book is selected.
When the built-in book is selected, the
color keys function as labelled on the
BOOKMAN keyboard. When a book in
a cartridge is selected, the color keys
function as labelled on its cartridge.
Viewing a Demonstration
Using the Color Keys
➤Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at any
screen by pressing
HELP
. Use the
direction keys or press
SPACE
to read
the help text. Then press
BACK
to
exit help.
To read a tutorial about this book,
press
HELP
at the REQUEST screen.
➤Changing the Contrast
You can change the screen contrast
by pressing
CLEAR
and then repeat-
edly pressing or .
5
You can find a player’s pitching and
batting statistics by entering the
player’s name. If a player is primarily a
pitcher then his pitching statistics will
be displayed first, or if a player is pri-
marily a batter, then his batting statis-
tics will be displayed first.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a player’s name.
To erase letters, press
BACK
or .
3. Press
ENTER
to view his full
name and career totals.
To find a pitcher’s batting statistics,
press
BAT/PIT
.
4. Press repeatedly to view
his biographical information.
All Hall of Fame players have HOF to the
right of their biographical information.
5. Use the arrow keys to view
his statistics.
6. To zoom directly to the
bottom of the page, hold
CAP
and then press .
You may zoom in any direction by
holding
CAP
and then pressing the
appropriate arrow key.
7. Press
CLEAR
when done.
Finding Player Statistics
Finding Player Statistics
➤Just Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows on the right of
the screen show which arrow keys
you can press to move through
menus or view more text.
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➤ More About Entering Names
You can enter players by their first and
last name, last and first name, last name
alone, or even by first or nickname alone
(e.g. MEL OTT, OTT MEL, OTT, or MEL).
NOTE: By entering only a player’s first or
last name, the encyclopedia will find all of
the players who share that name.
➤ Correcting Players Names
If you misspell a player’s name, or
type a name that is ambiguous or un-
clear, don’t worry. This encyclopedia
will give you a list of matches and
corrections to the name you entered.
For example, type RIPKEN and press
ENTER
. All of the players who have
shared the name Ripken will be
listed. Use the arrow keys to move
the pointer to the desired player, and
press
ENTER
to select that player.
Every player in this encyclopedia is listed al-
phabetically by the year they began playing
major league baseball. Here is how to find
all of the rookies for a given year.
1.
Type the desired year (e.g., 1994).
2. Press
ENTER
.
3. Use the arrow keys to view
player’s statistics.
4. Hold
✩
and press
DN
to view the
next rookie listed alphabetically.
Or, hold
✩
and press
UP
to view the
previous one.
5. Press
CLEAR
when done.
➤More About Finding Rookies
In addition, while viewing
any
player’s sta-
tistics you can view statistics of other play-
ers who were rookies the same year, by
holding
✩
and pressing
UP
or
DN
. For
example, you can look up a player (e.g.,
Nolan Ryan) and discover which players
began their career during the same year.
Finding Player Statistics Finding Rookies
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4. Press
BAT/PIT
to view team
pitching statistics.
5. Press repeatedly to view
team members’ pitching
statistics.
6. To view the following year’s
statistics hold
✩
and press
DN
.
To view the previous year’s statis-
tics hold
✩
and press
UP
.
7. Press
CLEAR
when done.
Finding Team Statistics
Finding Team Statistics
To find a team’s annual batting and
pitching statistics, enter a team and a
year. A team can be a team’s name
(e.g.,
CUBS
), city (e.g.,
CHICAGO)
, or
city abbreviation (e.g.,
CHI)
. If you
don’t enter a year, you’ll view the
team’s statistics for the first year of a
team’s operation.
1. At the Request screen, type a
team name and a year.
To type the year, press
✩
plus the
numbered keys.
2. Press
ENTER
.
To view more team batting totals,
press .
3. Press to view individual
batting statistics.
➤ Player Statistics from Team List
When viewing team statistics, you can
view players’ career and annual statis-
tics simply by pressing
ENTER
when the
pointer is next to their name.
You also can find team statistics from
individual player statistics by pressing
ENTER
when the desired year is
marked.
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League standings include number of
wins, number of losses, won/loss per-
centage (PCT), and games behind first
place (GB).
Eastern Division records are shown
first, the Central Division second, and
the Western Division last, when appli-
cable.
1. Type NL or AL and a year.
Type a space between the league and
a year. To type the year hold the
✩
key and press the number keys.
2. Press
ENTER
.
3. Press repeatedly to view
the standings.
4. Press
ENTER
to view a marked
team’s statistics for that year.
Finding League StandingsCorrecting Team Names
If you enter a city or team name that is
ambiguous or unclear, this encyclope-
dia will give you a list of teams from
which to choose.
1. Type BRAVES and press
ENTER
.
A list of team choices appears.
2. Use the arrow keys to mark
1966-95 ATL BRAVES.
3. Press
ENTER
to view team
statistics.
4. Press
CLEAR
when done.
➤Misspelling Team Names
If you misspell a team or city name (e.g.,
YANKIES), you will view a list of players
whose names are close to what you en-
tered (e.g., HUGH YANCY
,
GEORGE
YANKOWSKI
, &
YANK TERRY).
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Finding League Standings
5. To view a previous year hold
✩
and press
UP
. To view the
following year’s standings
hold
✩
and press
DN
.
6. Press
CLEAR
when done.
You can find awards and achievements
with this encyclopedia. NOTE: You will
not be able to find a listing for the
1994 World Series due to the 1994
baseball strike.
1. Type one of the following
requests (e.g., AW 1974):
To View... Type...
World Series Results
WS
+ year
All Award Winners
AW
+ year
Hall of Fame Players
HOF
2. Press
ENTER
.
NOTE: The next two steps do not
apply to Word Series results.
3. Press to move down the list.
4. Press
ENTER
to view a marked
player’s statistics.
NOTE: The next step does not ap-
ply to the Hall of Fame player list.
5. To view the next or previous
year hold
✩
and press
DN
or
UP
.
6. Press
CLEAR
when done.
➤ More About Standings
You can find teams’ won/loss
records and winning percentages
over several seasons by entering
their league and a year range. For
example, enter
NL 1990-1995
.
Finding World Series
and Award Winners
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