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VENDINFO | 1997-03-21 | 9.5 KB | 219 lines |
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- | This VENDINFO Product Information File contains both readable text |
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- VENDINFO standard v1.04, produced by VendEdit v1.30, 8-Mar-1997
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- ===== Product Information ==============================
- Product: College Aid Calculator Family Financial Planning Tool
- Version: 3.2
- Version Date: 24-Feb-1997
- Product Type: Software
- Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details):
- Shareware, freely distributable by all channels
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- Product Description: Use College Aid Calculator 97-98 to Est. your
- costs at public & private colleges. Learn to
- maximize financial aid. Calculates taxes so
- you may play "What IF" to test financial
- scenarios. For Parents/Dependent Students and
- Independents. CAC features include Strategies
- book, Cost Estimator, and Inter- active
- Planner. Easy-to-use Windows 3.1/95 format.
- $29.97. IBM or compatible 386 or better. 800-
- 780-0513 Ext. 145.
- Reason for version: Upgrade--new data, product much faster and
- easier to use.
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- Category: Education; College
- Keywords: college financial aid planning guidance
- education
- Required Packages: COLAID32
- This Package: COLAID32
- Registration Fee: 29.97 (U.S. Dollars)
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- Required Configuration
- Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 80386)
- Minimum OS: Windows 3.1
- Standard RAM: 640K
- Extended Memory: 7551K
- Hard Drive Space: 3000K
- Required:
- Expanded *or* Extended Memory
- Extended Memory
- Hard drive
- Floppy only
- Video Graphics Array (VGA)
- Color monitor
- Keyboard
- Mouse
- Won't Work With:
- Monochrome monitor
- Text printer (specific types may be shown below)
- Req'd Software:
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- Orders:
- Address: Think Ahead, Inc.
- P.O. Box 5A
- Dresden, ME 04342
- Toll-Free Phone: 1-800-780-0513 X145
- Phone: 207-737-2802
- FAX: 1-800-780-0515
- Internet: info@CollegeAidCalculator.com
- Other E-mail: http://www.CollegeAidCalculator.com
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- Support:
- Address: Think Ahead, Inc.
- P.O. Box 5A
- Dresden, Maine 04342
- Phone: 1-207-737-2802
- FAX: 1-207-737-2802
- Internet: info@CollegeAidCalculator.com
- Other E-mail: http://www.collegeaidcalculator.com
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- ===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================
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- Welcome to College Aid Calculator 97-98. The shareware contains a
- comprehensive hypertext book--"Strategies to Reduce College Costs"
- full of $ saving financial aid facts, an interactive planner--My_Plan,
- and calculation examples with help texts. To activate your disk so that
- you may enter your own financial data, call 1-800-780-0513 Ext 145.
- The price to activate the family version is $29.97, less than the cost of
- a college textbook.
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- College Aid Calculator estimates your aid eligibility at public and
- private colleges. Since CAC calculates taxes, you may play "What
- IF ?" to test your personal and business financial plans before you
- implement them--to see where you may stand. Parents can use the
- College Cost Estimator to see how much they need to save or
- borrow to pay their expected contribution. Choose from Fast-Calc
- or Detailed-Calc--both with informative help texts.
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- College Aid Calculator works in Windows 95 and Windows 3.1.
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- Thank you for your interest in College Aid Calculator.
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- ===== Packing List =====================================
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- As released by the author or publisher, this package contained the
- following files in addition to this VENDINFO.DIZ:
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- Filename Size Date Time CRC32
- FILE_ID.DIZ 432 24-Feb-1997 03:20a BE21AA02
- COLAID32.EXE 1204511 8-Mar-1997 03:47p D97134C5
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- ===== Installation =====================================
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- HOW TO INSTALL COLLEGE AID CALCULATOR (CAC)
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- To install College Aid Calculator, you should have an IBM or
- compatible with 8MB RAM and at least 3MB of free hard drive space; you
- must have Windows 3.1 or later. CAC is distributed as a self-extracting,
- compressed archive, COLAID32.EXE. To uncompress this archive, load it
- into a temporary directory. Then, in File Manager locate COLAID32.EXE and
- double click on it. After uncompressing, double click on SETUP.EXE;
- supply an installation directory when requested (COLAID97 is suggested).
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- MAKING DISKETTE COPIES
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- Feel free to copy this program by using the COPY icon at the top of the
- CAC screen. Please DO pass copies on to friends. Note: the COPY icon
- creates an unregistered copy of CAC (even if your copy has been
- registered). Registered / Activated copies may NOT be distributed. For
- $29.97 (less than the cost of a single textbook), families may register
- CAC and gain full access to its analysis tools.
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- For assistance: visit our home page at
- http:\\www.CollegeAidCalculator.com, or e-mail us at
- info@CollegeAidCalculator.com, or write us at Think Ahead, Inc., P.O.
- Box 5A, Dresden, ME 04342.
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- ===== Warranty =========================================
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- Unconditional 30-day money-back guarantee.
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- ===== License for Use and Distribution =================
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- The nonactivated version of College Aid Calculator and the accompanying
- book, "Strategies to Reduce College Costs," may be distributed, copied,
- and reproduced in any medium, but only in their entirety, and not
- modified in any way, including the copyright notices. The news media may
- quote limited portions of the "Strategies..." book. Users are encouraged
- to load the book into their word processor and to use it as a basis for
- their research on college financial aid, editing it and adding to it as
- necessary for their own personal use, so long as it is not distributed in
- modified form.
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- The activated version of College Aid Calculator may not be distributed,
- copied, or reproduced.
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- The attached VENDINFO data record is hereby incorporated by reference.
- Any distribution satisfying all the distribution requirements expressed
- in that data record is hereby authorized.
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- ===== About VENDINFO Files =============================
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- Each VENDINFO.DIZ file contains extensive information about a product.
- This "human-readable" section is followed by a compressed data record
- useable by automated tools. The data record allows BBSes and other
- distributors to automate package handling, and provides users with a
- wealth of product information. VENDINFO tools (free viewer for users,
- free or inexpensive processors for distributors, editors for authors)
- are available from many sources, including the originators of VENDINFO:
- Rams' Island Software Voice: 303-841-2848 CompuServe: 76244,324
- 7644 E. Lakecliff Way BBS: 303-841-6269 FidoNet: 1:104/333
- Parker, CO 80134-5904 USA FAX: 303-841-6269 RIME: 1235
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