Franklin BLB-2039 User Manual
Electronic Publishers
Total Baseball
Encyclopedia 1996
User’s Guide
®
CARTRIDGE
™
BLB-2039
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
Encyclopedia
you can find players’ career bat-
Total Baseball
ting and pitching statistics from 1876-1995.
You can also view team batting and pitching
statistics, league standings, World Series results, 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.
➤ Understanding the Color Keys
The color keys (red, green, yellow, and
blue) perform the functions listed above
only for the BOOKMAN book described 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.”
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
✩
+
or
UP
✩
+ Types a dash.
✩
+ Types a slash.
✩
+ N Shifts the top row of
Displays the next or
previous year’s statistics.
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.
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 BOOKMAN on again, the screen that you
last viewed will appear.
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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.
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
ENTER
and press
to view the demon-
stration. If you want to stop the dem-
CLEAR
onstration, press
.
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at any
HELP
screen by pressing
direction keys or press
the help text. Then press
. Use the
SPACE
to read
BACK
exit help.
To read a tutorial about this book,
HELP
press
at the REQUEST screen.
➤ Changing the Contrast
You can change the screen contrast
CLEAR
by pressing
and then repeat-
edly pressing or .
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Finding Player Statistics
Finding Player Statistics
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 primarily a batter, then his batting statistics will be displayed first.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a player’s name.
To erase letters, press
3. Press
ENTER
to view his full
BACK
or .
name and career totals.
To find a pitcher’s batting statistics,
BAT/PIT
press
.
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.
CLEAR
7. Press
when done.
➤ 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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Finding Player Statistics
Finding Rookies
➤ 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 unclear, 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
ENTER
press
to select that player.
Every player in this encyclopedia is listed alphabetically by the year they began playing
major league baseball. Here is how to find
all of the rookies for a given year.
Type the desired year (e.g., 1994).
1.
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 statistics you can view statistics of other players 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.
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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
CUBS
(e.g.,
), city (e.g.,
city abbreviation (e.g.,
CHICAGO)
CHI)
. If you
, or
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.
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 statistics hold ✩ and press UP.
7. Press
CLEAR
when done.
➤ Player Statistics from Team List
When viewing team statistics, you can
view players’ career and annual statis-
ENTER
tics simply by pressing
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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