Franklin BLB-2017 User Manual
Electronic Publishers
Total Baseball
User’s Guide
™
CARTRIDGE
™
ENCYCLOPEDIA
BLB-2017
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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
batting and pitching stats from 1876-1994.
You can also view team batting and pitching
stats, league standings, World Series results,
and Award Winners. Simply install this cartridge into your BOOKMAN to get started.
Installing Cartridges .......................................................3
Selecting Books ............................................................. 3
Using the Color Keys ...................................................... 4
Viewing a Demonstration ............................................... 4
Finding Player Stats ....................................................... 5
Finding Team Stats .........................................................6
League Standings ........................................................... 7
Finding Winners ............................................................. 8
Finding Bests & Worsts................................................... 9
Adding Ratios .............................................................. 10
Adding Limiters ............................................................ 11
Adding Qualifiers ......................................................... 12
Putting it All Together ................................................... 13
Resetting BOOKMAN ...................................................14
Appendix A: Sample Ratios, Qualifiers, & Limiters ........15
Appendix B: Abbreviations ...........................................16
Cartridge Care ............................................................. 17
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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 Greater Than/
Less Than limiter in a request.
BAT/PIT
(blue)
Switches between bat-
ting and pitching statistics.
CARD
Exits the selected book.
ON/OFF
Turns BOOKMAN on or off.
➤ Understanding the Color Keys
The color keys (red, green, yellow,
and blue) perform the functions
listed above only for the book described in this User’s Guide.
Other books have their own color
key functions, which are labelled on
their cartridges or on the BOOKMAN keyboard. For more information, read “Using the Color Keys.”
Other Keys
BACK
Backs up (e.g., erase letters).
CAP
ENTER
. ‘
Shifts
to type an apostrophe.
Enters a request, or selects a
menu item.
HELP
Displays a help message.
SPACE
Types a space, or pages down.
✱
?
No effect.
Types a decimal point.
. ‘
Direction Keys
Moves in indicated direction.
+ Goes to start or end of an
CAP
or
entry, list, or help message.
Star Key Combinations*
DN
✩
+
Displays the next or
UP
or
✩
✩
✩
previous year for a stat.
+ Types a dash.
+ Types a slash.
+ N Shifts the top row of letters
to type numbers.
Hold
✩
while pressing the other key.
*
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Installing Cartridges
Selecting Books
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.
➤ Removing Cartridges
Warning: When you remove a
cartridge to install another cartridge, information that you entered
in the first cartridge will be erased.
Once you have installed a cartridge in
your BOOKMAN, you must select
which book you want to use.
1. Turn BOOKMAN on.
CARD
2. Press
These are sample books.
3. Press or to highlight
the book you want.
4. Press
➤ About the Screen Illustrations
Some screen illustrations in this
User’s Guide may differ from what
you see on screen. This does not
mean that your BOOKMAN or this
cartridge is malfunctioning.
.
ENTER
to select it.
3
Using the Color Keys
Viewing a Demonstration
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.
Remember, when you have selected
and are using a cartridge book, the
color keys function as labelled on that
cartridge, not as labelled on your
BOOKMAN keyboard.
Before you start using this book, you may want
to view a demonstration of what it can do.
Once you have installed the cartridge
DEMO
and selected this book, type
press
to view the demonstration.
ENTER
and
If you want to stop the demonstration,
press
CLEAR
.
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at virtually any screen by pressing
HELP
Press the Direction keys to read the
BACK
help text. Then press
to exit.
To read a tutorial about this book,
press
at the Request screen.
HELP
➤ 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.
➤ A Quick Contrast Change
You can change the screen contrast
by pressing
edly pressing
and then repeat-
CLEAR
or .
4
.
Finding Player Stats
Finding Player Stats
One of the simplest and most common
functions is to find information about a
specific player. You accomplish this by
simply entering his name.
You can find both a player’s pitching
and batting stats by entering his name.
If a player is primarily a pitcher then his
pitching statistics will be displayed, and
vice versa.
1. At the Request screen, type a
player’s name.
To erase letters, press
BACK
or
.
2. Press
to see his full
ENTER
name and rookie totals.
To find a pitcher’s batting stats,
BAT/PIT
press
.
3. Press
to see his date of
birth, weight, and height at
which he played.
To zoom in any direction, press
and then the appropriate arrow key.
4. Press
to see his annual
stats.
To see more annual stats, press .
5. Press
when done.
CLEAR
➤ More About Entering Names
You can enter players by their first
and last name, last name and first
name, or last name alone (e.g. MEL
OTT, OTT MEL, or OTT).
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CAP
Finding Player Stats
Finding Team Stats
➤ Misspelling a Name
If you misspell a name, or if you enter
a name shared by more than one
player, you must select a player from
a list of players. Use
or to
highlight a player. When the player
you want is highlighted press
➤ Finding Rookies
To find all the rookies of a given
year and their first-year stats, type a
year and press
ENTER
. To see the
next rookie listed alphabetically,
hold
✩
and press
DN
, to see the
previous one, hold ✩ and press UP.
ENTER
To find a specific team’s annual batting
and pitching stats, enter a team and a
year. You can enter a team’s name,
city, or city abbreviation. If you don’t
enter a year, you’ll see the team’s
stats for the first year of its operation.
1. At the Request screen, type a
.
team name and a year.
To type the year, press ✩ plus the
numbered keys. If you don’t enter a
year, you’ll see the team’s first year
stats.
2. Press
ENTER
.
To see more team batting totals,
press .
3. Press
to see individual
batting stats.
To see more batting stats, press .
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