April 29, 1998
Version 1.2
(c) 1997-98, Tropical Software, All Rights Reserved
New to this release (1.2)
- NSC
- Support for up to 12 batting positions (softball)
- Details for Major League stadiums including:
- Dimensions and capacity
- Local TV/Cable/Radio stations
- Phone numbers
- New 'i' menu option to allow you to load the stadiums details
- Rosters
Notes for this release:
Install the stadiums package in order to have access to the stadiums
details. This soup will only occupy 8K.
Newton Score Card(tm)
Newton Score Card (NSC) is the ultimate baseball/softball electronic
Score Card. It is designed for the Newton Message Pad, it runs on MP-2000/2100 and Newton
eMate.
It allows you to keep score of baseball or softball games electronically using NSC also
includes a roster maintenance utility well as the complete major league roster.
NSC is made of 2 components, Rosters and Newton Score Card (NSC). Both components are
independent of each other and are considered 2 separate applications.
- Rosters
Allows you to add/delete/change/view Major League rosters as well as user created rosters.
- NSC
Allows you to create, view and print score cards. Note that NSC also allows you to add new
players to the rosters so you do not have to switch applications.
NOTE:
This demo version will only allow you to keep score for 2 games and has limited printing
capabilities. Upon registration, all of these restrictions are removed.
Installation
- Files
- readme.htm
This file
- license.htm
License agreement
- Rosters.pkg
Roster maintenance utility
- NSC.pkg
The Newton Score Card application
- ML-Rost.pkg
Major League roster for American & National League (optional)
- Stadiums.pkg
Stadiums details (optional)
- nid20.pkg
Foundation Systems NewtonID registration package
All packages should be installed via the standard Newton Package
installation mechanisms.
- Install the Rosters package (Rosters.pkg)
- Install the Newton Score Card package (NSC.pkg)
- Install the Major League Rosters extension (ML-Rost.pkg) (optional)
- Install the Stadiums extension (stadiums.pkg) (optional)
- Install the NewtonID registration package (nid20.pkg), you will need
this to unlock your copy upon registration.
Instructions
Rosters
The Major League Rosters are included in a data file (ML-Rost.pkg)
and you will need to load it into a Newton soup. This is done from the Rosters
application by selecting the "Update Rosters" option from the 'i'
menu. Follow the instructions until the load is done.
You may delete the "ML-Rost" extension after the update is
completed (it is in the Extensions drawer). This will save you about 80K.
You may edit the included rosters and add new players to existing
teams or create your own teams.
Newton Score Card
You may download the stadiums details from the 'i' menu by
selecting the "Load Stadiums" option. This will only take a second or
two. You may delete the stadiums extension (in the Extensions drawer) after the load is
completed. This will save you about 10K.
New Game
- Assign both visiting and home teams from the pop-up list (enter the
team's abbreviation if it is not a major league team).
- Select stadium (for ML games). Click the details button to see
additional information about the selected stadium.
- Select game type: NL (9 positions), AL (10 positions), or Softball
(12 positions)
- You may use the notes area (on the bottom) to enter other information
such as umpires, winning pitcher, etc.
Lineup setup
- Use the "Show" button to switch between the
Setup/Home/Visiting team views.
- Select the desired team's score card
- Tap the batter's box in the lineup area (left column on the score
card)
- The roster for the selected team will popup and allow you to select a
player
- Select the player by tapping the player's name
- Assign a position for the selected player (the "Position"
button)
- Tap the "Add to Lineup" button to add the player to
the lineup
- Note: you can create new players if they are not on the team's roster
("New" button).
Scoring
- Tap the box intersecting the batter and the current inning
- The "Pick Play" slip will popup allowing you to
select a play
- Select the play (available plays will be displayed based on the
player's current status, either as a batter or as a base runner)
- You may also keep track of the pitch count as well as the number of
RBI's. The pitch count for the at-bat will show in the upper left corner and the RBI's
will show in the upper right corner
- Once a play is selected, tap the "Do" button to
select the play
- Use the "Action" button to undo a previous play for
the selected square or to indicate "End of inning", "New Batter",
"New Pitcher".
- You may use the line score (in the "Game Setup" slip) to
keep track of inning by inning total runs. The runs are not automatically calculated.
Printing/Faxing
- From the Newton action button select "Print Game" or
"Fax"
- Select the desired printer
- Tap "Preview" to preview the output or
- Tap "Print" to print the score cards for the visiting and
home teams
Pricing and ordering instructions
Newton Score Card is shareware. Cost is $50. You may register
on-line from the web site.
The URL to order NSC on-line is: http://order.kagi.com/?G9A
Current Limitations
- The demo version is limited to 2 games.
- Printing in the demo version will not show the game details.
- For softball games, it is recommended to use the score card in
Portrait mode which will only show 9 innings. Use a new game to score extra innings. This
is because NSC can only display 10 batting positions in Landscape mode and batters 11 and
12 will only show up in Portrait mode.
Contacts
Tropical Software
http://home.att.net/~sam.tawfik/
sam.tawfik@worldnet.att.net