                             The Pool Manager (tm)

                      A Football Pool Organizer and Database

                                by  Andy Kunz

                   The Pool Manager is User Supported Software
                     Copyright (C) 1985 by American Systems
                                           Post Office Box Five
                                           Blue Island, IL 60406-0005

        This program performs all the tedious work involved in running a
        football pool, including generating and printing Picksheets, Summary
        Spreadsheets (showing everyone's picks), and Standings.  Many other
        features are described in detail in the documentation.  Follow the
        directions below to print your User's Guide and set up a working disk.
        You may make unaltered copies this program (within the restrictions
        described in the User's Guide) for anyone you know of who may be
        interested in it.

        The following four files constitute The Pool Manager:

               NFLPOOL.TXT  -  (this file)  General information and
                               initialization instructions.
               NFLPOOL.DOC  -  Complete documentation (User's Guide)
                               for operating The Pool Manager.
               NFLPOOL.EXE  -  The Pool Manager Main Program.
              NFLPOOL2.EXE  -  The Pool Manager Operation Program.

         To begin using The Pool Manager, perform the following steps:

        1. Make a backup copy of The Pool Manager distribution disk (using
           the DOS diskcopy command) and put the original in a safe place.

        2. Print out the documentation by following these steps:

                A.  Put your backup disk into the "A" drive.
                B.  Set your printer to top of form.
                C.  Be sure you have adequate paper ready.  The User's
                    Guide is about 20 pages long.
                D.  In response to the  A>  enter the following:

                        COPY NFLPOOL.DOC PRN

           Margins have been set to enable you to bind this User's Guide in
           a three ring or report folder.

        3. Create a working disk:

                        A.  Format a disk using the /S option.
                        B.  Copy the NFLPOOL.EXE and NFLPOOL2.EXE files onto
                            this disk.

        4. Start the program by entering: NFLPOOL  with your Working Disk in
           the "A" drive.  Please take time to read through the User's Guide
           before running your first pool.  Good Luck!
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