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| This VENDINFO Product Information File contains both readable text |
| and tools-accessible data about a product. See the last text |
| section, below, for more information about VENDINFO and its tools. |
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VENDINFO standard v1.03, produced by VendEdit v1.22, 20-Mar-1996
===== Product Information ==============================
Product: College Aid Calculator Family Financial Planning Tool
Version: 2.20
Version Date: 20-Mar-1996
Product Type: Software
Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details):
Shareware, freely distributable by all channels
Product Description: Use College Aid Calculator 96-7 to Est. your
costs at public & private colleges. Learn how
to maximize financial aid. Includes all tax
calculations--so you may play "What IF?" to
test aid-increasing scenarios. For Parents,
Dependent Students & Independents. CAC is an
Essential Think Ahead Tool which comes with a
comprehensive book "Strategies to Reduce
College Costs." and an extensive tutorial.
Receive the 97-8 upgrade for $49.95.
Reason for version: upgrade compatibility for WIN95, new
functions & format
Category: Education; High school
Keywords: college financial aid planning guidance
Required Packages: COLAID22
This Package: COLAID22
Registration Fee: 49.95 (U.S. Dollars)
Required Configuration
Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 80386)
Minimum OS: MS-DOS 3.3
Standard RAM: 640K
Extended Memory: 7551K
Hard Drive Space: 9000K
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:
Orders:
Address: Think Ahead, Inc.
251 Jefferson St., MS-5G
Waldoboro, ME 04572
Toll-Free Phone: 1-800-780-0513 X147
Phone: 207-737-2802
FAX: 1-800-780-0515
Internet: CollegeAid@maine.com
Other E-mail: http://www.maine.com/collegeaid
Support:
Address: Think Ahead, Inc.
P.O. Box 5G
Dresden, Maine 04342
Phone: 1-207-737-2802
FAX: 1-207-737-2802
Internet: CollegeAid@maine.com
Other E-mail: http://www.maine.com/collegeaid
===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================
Welcome to College Aid Calculator - and - "Strategies to Reduce College
Costs." CAC and "Strategies ..." allow users to learn how to Maximize
College Financial Aid. Since CAC also includes all tax calculations, it
is possible to play "What IF ?" to test your personal and business
financial plans before you implement them--to see where you may stand.
"Strategies ..." includes many $ saving financial aid facts. It is a
Think Ahead, must-read, self-help electronic book for both parents and
students--covering aid facts for both public and private colleges.
We encourage you to load the book into your word processor and use it as
your "workbook" as you research how to maximize your family's financial
aid. See the Installation Instructions for how to use "Strategies ..."
When using Windows, and running both CAC and "Strategies ...", you will
find that Alt-Tabbing from one to the other will increase your efficiency
as you formulate your plan and jot down your own ideas to test.
CAC 97-8 will be available by late summer 1996. You will receive a copy
of this upgrade when you send or phone in your $49.95 registration fee.
Good Luck!
===== Packing List =====================================
As released by the author or publisher, this package contained the
following files in addition to this VENDINFO.DIZ:
Filename Size Date Time CRC32
COL_AID.1 1300000 19-Mar-1996 06:05p 43505190
READ_ME.1ST 171 20-Apr-1996 02:20a F9D97F00
COL_AID.2 1038595 19-Mar-1996 06:05p 96BAAEB5
README.BAT 1430 24-Feb-1996 04:44p 2B99696D
READ_ME.BAT 435 20-Mar-1996 02:20a E2B896A9
FILE_ID.DIZ 452 20-Mar-1996 02:20a C9BC58BC
VENDOR.DOC 216 20-Mar-1996 02:20a 13796CEE
SETUP.DTA 4826 10-Mar-1996 04:52p 4E2FC981
PKUNZIP.EXE 28959 1-Feb-1993 02:04a EEAAC5EA
SETUP.EXE 114212 24-Jul-1995 10:12a 490F1CED
A4V6RT.NET 5152 19-Jul-1995 11:33a BC974E85
DESC.SDI 62 20-Mar-1996 02:20a 86372D48
README.TXT 14233 20-Mar-1996 07:22p 84CFA9B6
VENDOR.TXT 216 20-Mar-1996 02:20a 13796CEE
BOOKS.ZIP 151930 20-Feb-1996 05:49a 72D57177
===== Installation =====================================
HOW TO INSTALL COLLEGE AID CALCULATOR (CAC) AND
THE "STRATEGIES TO REDUCE COLLEGE COSTS" BOOK
The combined package including the College Aid Calculator program, the
book "Strategies to Reduce College Costs" and our tutorial is distributed
in a compressed file, COLAID22.ZIP. To open this file, load it into a
temporary directory, change to that directory, and use the un-zip utility
provided by your bulletin board or CD-ROM to uncompress the basic program
files--then our use our SETUP program to uncompress the rest.
MAKING DISKETTE COPIES
We encourage you to make copies of CAC and Strategies... for yourself,
your friends--for anyone you know with college in their future. To do
so, before you install the program, go to the temporary directory where
you have uncompressed the files. From there, copy all of the file to a
disk labeled Disk 1--except for the following files which belong on disk.
2: col_aid.1, get_rdme.txt and getodo.bat. To install the CAC files onto
another computer, proceed as described below.
COLLEGE AID CALCULATOR
To load CAC, you must have a minimum of:
386 processor - 486 strongly recommended
8MB of RAM
At least 9MB of free disk space to install, 6.3MB after installation
CAC has its own automatic Installer. To install CAC, in the directory
where you have loaded the files, type SETUP and [Enter]. All you need to
do then is to answer a few questions from the Installer and be sure that
your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files are configured as explained in
the README.TXT file that appears after installation. You'll be up and
running in no time, and ready to start learning how to save on college
costs by qualifying for the greatest amount of aid possible!
You may also install directly from the set of backup disks that were
created as described above: Place Disk 1 in your A: or B: drive and
type SETUP and press ENTER--from Windows Program Manager, choose FILE,
RUN and type in A: or B:SETUP and press ENTER.
"STRATEGIES TO REDUCE COLLEGE COSTS"
"Strategies..." is stored in a special compressed file called
BOOKS.ZIP, which will be found in the directory where you installed CAC.
We recommend that you move BOOKS.ZIP to a separate directory. Then,
unzip the file--you will find that it contains not only "Strategies..."
but also the CAC tutorial "COACH," which is described below.
"Strategies..." has been stored in Rich Text Format (RTF)--a Microsoft
standard, which may be read by Microsoft Word and many other word
processors. Boot your word processor, Choose File, Open, File Type: RTF
or Rich Text Format. Then, select the directory where STRATS22.RTF has
been installed, open it and proceed as instructed.
If your word processor is not able to read the STRATS22.RTF file, you
may use your word processor's ASCII file format reader to open
STRATS21.TXT, which has also been included. This format does not retain
all of the nice formatting codes that RTF handles, such as Font sizes,
Bold, Underline and Italics. However, if this is your only choice, just
use your word processor to add these attributes as you read.
COACH - COllege Aid Calculator Helper (TUTORIAL)
Think Ahead is pleased to provide "COACH," a CAC tutorial, with this new
version of CAC. "COACH" is also included in the BOOKS.ZIP file referred
to above. Like "Strategies...", "COACH" is also included in both Rich
Text Format and ASCII Text formats. To open and use "COACH," follow the
same procedures described above for "Strategies..."
For assistance: visit our home page at
http:\\www.maine.com\collegeaid, e-mail us at CollegeAid@maine.com, or
write us at Think Ahead, Inc., P.O. Box 5G, Dresden, ME 04342.
===== Warranty =========================================
Unconditional 30-day money-back guarantee.
===== License for Use and Distribution =================
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.
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.
===== About VENDINFO Files =============================
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
===== Compressed Data Record Follows ===================
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