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Re: Preregistration and computerized timing/scoring

To: "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com>
Subject: Re: Preregistration and computerized timing/scoring
From: Geoff Mohler <gemohler@www.speedtoys.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 16:50:53 -0800 (PST)
Thats was we did in NeOkla region, registration involved stopping by the
dude on the PC to sign you in.

On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Mark J. Andy wrote:

> Howdy,
> 
> On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Josh Sirota wrote:
> > 2) However, pre-registration is absolutely REQUIRED for any on-site SCORING
> > software to work.  There is no way to get on-site scoring done without all
> > of the entrants IN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM before their run group starts.  This
> > is nearly impossible to accomplish with on-site registration.
> 
> FWIW (not much) my local region sticks people in the computer as they
> register.  Doesn't seem to slow anything up much.  By the time the money
> taker is done, the computer entry person has entered in the car/driver
> info.  This is made easier if the software has some idea of history, but
> isn't required.
> 
> Heck, even if you had to have two folks doing computer entry and then a
> merge, seems like it'd be doable.
> 
> Pre-registration would be a nice bonus of course.
> 
> >From what I've heard about TS96, its not horribly user friendly.  I seem
> to recall hearing about other software that was a little easier to use,
> etc, but I don't remember names.  I'm sure a post to the evolution list
> would generate lots of good suggestions that would work with a JAC timer,
> etc.
> 
> Mark
> 
> (back to lurking)
> 

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Geoff Mohler

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