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- To: Bridge Studio Directors
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- From: Micro Specials
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- Contact: Howard Gitelson, (612) 829-0594
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- Date: May 1, 1986
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- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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- New Bridge sCOREkeeper System Just Released
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- Bridge enthusiasts, and especially Bridge Directors, will be happy to hear
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- that a complete duplicate bridge scoring system called sCOREkeeper is now
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- available from Micro Specials of Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Designed for any IBM
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- PC or compatible with 80 column display and 256K memory, the sCOREkeeper system
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- provides a fast, easy and fun way to maintain duplicate bridge competition
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- scores and much more.
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- Among other features, sCOREkeeper delivers multi-section scores,
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- matchpoints, percentages, rankings and individual printed results for each
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- participating team. It also generates random "computer hands" and keeps
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- cumulative records of all duplicate session winners and ACBL awards. The
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- system's strengths are its simple one-touch controls, its flexibility and the
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- ease of information entry, review, correction and printout.
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- sCOREkeeper displays information in spreadsheet format. All possible
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- functions are highlighted on the bottom two lines of the display screen. With a
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- single keystroke, the user can perform functions such as switch between data
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- displays, page across scoresheets or between sections, display overall scores of
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- individual hand matchpoints, or print the current standings.
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- Up to 5 separate sections can be scored simultaneously with up to 19 tables
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- per section. Options that can be done across multiple sections include
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- matchpointing, calculating overall winners and obtaining overall scores scaled
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- for different section averages. sCOREkeeper easily handles AVE, AVE- and AVE+
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- scores as well as most Mitchell, Howell and Barometer bridge movements.
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- Information can be entered into sCOREkeeper from the pickup slips for each
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- round and/or from the "travelers" at the end of the entire session. Raw scores
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- are entered only once for either the north/south pairs or the east/west pairs.
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- Partial scores are permitted and scores can be easily corrected for any round at
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- any time. Results of overall standings and individual hands are simple to print
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- and easy to read. All information, including ACBL award winners, is also saved
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- on disk for future reference.
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- Using auxiliary programs, the sCOREkeeper system can also generate random
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- "computer hands" and keep track of cumulative ACBL masterpoint winners. The
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- random hand generator prints individual slips so each hand can be made up at the
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- beginning of the match, and also hand summary sheets that can be given to all
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- participants at the end of the competition. The record keeping program keeps
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- track of ACBL award winners in up to 99 different categories.
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- The complete permanent system costs only $395, or a trial system can be
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- purchased for just $25. Orders should be sent to Micro Specials, 9704 Mill
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- Creek Dr., Eden Prairie, MN 55344 (please allow two weeks for delivery).
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