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- VENDINFO standard v1.04, produced by VendEdit v1.30, 22-Nov-1995
-
- ===== Product Information ==============================
- Product: SATCon SAT Score Converter
- Version: 1.1
- Version Date: 14-Nov-1995
- Product Type: Software
- Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details):
- Freeware, copyrighted but freely distributable and useable
-
- Product Description: SATCon SAT Score Converter v1.1 <ASP> <ESC>
- Converts SAT scores between pre-1995 and new
- "recentered" scores. Easy Windows interface.
- Helps to interpret and compare scores for
- college entrance requirements. Also for PSAT.
- Includes brief history of the SAT in thorough
- Help File. Requires Windows 3.0 or higher
- (Windows 95 is fine) and VBRUN300.DLL. Free,
- from James Bair.
- Reason for version: Minor bug fix
-
- Category: Education; High school
- Keywords: SAT PSAT CONVERT SCORE RECENTERED COLLEGE
- ENTRANCE BOARD
- Required Packages: SATCON11
- This Package: SATCON11
-
- Required Configuration
- Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 80286 (AT))
- Minimum OS: Windows 3.0
- Standard RAM: 1024K
- Hard Drive Space: 80K
- Req'd Software: The file VBRUN300.DLL is required in the
- WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory or folder.
- Other Require: Requires VBRUN300.DLL in \WINDOWS\SYSTEM
- directory.
-
- Orders:
- Address: James Bair Software
- P.O. Box 203
- Shelton CT 06484-0203
- USA
- CompuServe: 70730,3001
- Internet: 70730.3001@compuserve.com
- Other E-mail: jbair@csunet.ctstateu.edu
-
- Support:
- Address: James Bair Software
- P.O. Box 203
- Shelton CT 06484-0203
- USA
- CompuServe: 70730,3001
- Internet: 70730.3001@compuserve.com
- Other E-mail: jbair@csunet.ctstateu.edu
-
-
- ===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================
-
- SATCon, The SAT Score Converter
-
- Have You Been Converted?
-
- If you've ever wondered how your SAT scores compare with older or newer
- SAT scores, then SATCon, the SAT Score Converter, is for you...
-
- Beginning in the fall of 1994 for the PSAT and in 1995 for the regular
- SAT-I, the College Board "recentered" the scores for the Scholastic
- Assessment Tests. When the current S.A.T. format was adopted in 1941, a
- score of 500 was the median score for both Math and Verbal sections. By
- 1994 a variety of causes had made the average Math score 470 and the
- average Verbal score between 420 and 430. The College Board decided to
- "recenter" the scoring on the tests, making 500 once again the median
- according to standards from 1993 and 1994.
-
- The S.A.T. Score Conversion Program, or SATCon for short, will help you
- interpret your scores. Enter the score you want to convert. Click one
- of the four buttons for the type of conversion you want to make, and read
- the converted score. That way you can see how the score fits in with the
- scores from other testing times! It may even help you judge whether you
- can likely get in to a particular college...
-
-
-
- ===== 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
- READ_ME.1ST 548 23-Nov-1995 12:01p 14869AB6
- FILE_ID.DIZ 387 23-Nov-1995 12:01p 7AF185F6
- SETUPKIT.DL_ 7008 9-Oct-1995 12:00p CE901129
- SETUP.EXE 17888 20-Sep-1995 12:00a 78175C0A
- INSTALSC.EX_ 28177 23-Nov-1995 12:01p 30DF6A1D
- SATCON.EX_ 36993 23-Nov-1995 12:01p 4B1855E4
- SATCON.HL_ 33973 23-Nov-1995 12:01p E1858D24
- SETUP.INF 748 23-Nov-1995 12:01p AF1176AA
- BBSINFO.TXT 3101 23-Nov-1995 12:01p 46DC7E90
- VENDOR.TXT 3099 23-Nov-1995 12:01p 030071E9
- SATCON.TX_ 6402 23-Nov-1995 12:01p AAAD702C
- SATCON11.ZIP 64017 22-Nov-1995 04:31p DC11F17B
-
-
- ===== Installation =====================================
-
- First, make sure VBRUN300.DLL is in your WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. Then,
- to install SATCon, simply run the program SETUP.EXE whihc comes with
- the SATCon file. This can be done by Clicking on the "File" menu and then
- the "Run" menu and entering the drive, directory, and program name
- "SETUP.EXE." (In Windows 95 follow a similar procedure using "Start" and
- "Run.") You may also do this by double-clicking on the SETUP.EXE name
- while in File Manager or Windows Explorer.
-
- To run the program, click or double click on the new SATCON icon you just
- installed just as you would to run any program.
-
- For more details and information on running SATCON and its features,
- including PSAT scores, click on "Help" and "Help Commands" to get the
- Help file (SATCON.HLP). You may also read the file SATCON.TXT for
- similar information if you are not running SATCon.
-
-
- SATCON may be distributed freely without charge as long as all files are
- kept together and are unaltered. That includes the SATCON.EXE file, this
- SATCON.HLP file, the SATCON.TXT file, and any icon files. Bona fide
- shareware dealers may charge a nominal fee for the copying of files. Any
- commercial distribution without permission of the author is prohibited.
- That includes any retail sale of shareware or public domain software
- except where the shareware concept is clearly understood.
-
- The main reason this is being distributed freely is to promote the
- author's PC-compatible SAT study software, Verbal Vanquish and SAT
- Vanquish. Registered users of those programs should contact the author to
- get a copy of SATCON without the "ad" at the end. Other users may send
- the author $5.00 in US funds only for a copy without the ad. Master Card
- and Visa Accepted. CompuServe members may purchase these via GO SWREG.
- For Verbal Vanquish, get product number359,for SAT Vanquish, get product
- number 4976.
-
- Like many Windows programs, SATCon needs the file VBRUN300.DLL in order
- to run. Put it in your Windows\System directory. Chances are, you
- probably have it. If not, it is readily available from most on-line
- services, bulletin boards, and shareware dealers. Otherwise, it works as
- long as all other files are in the same directory.
-
- Windows is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation. SAT,
- SAT-I, PSAT, Scholastic Assessment Test, Scholastic Aptitude Test, and
- College Board are all registered trademarks of the College Board. Use
- of these terms for informational purposes does not imply any review or
- endorsement of this product by the College Board or Educational Testing
- Service.
-
-
-
- ===== Warranty =========================================
-
- LIMITED WARRANTY
-
- THIS SOFTWARE AND MANUAL ARE PROVIDED FOR EVALUATION ONLY, ON AN "AS
- IS" BASIS. THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES RELATING
- TO THIS SOFTWARE, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT
- LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR
- A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NEITHER THE AUTHOR NOR ANYONE ELSE
- WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF
- THIS SOFTWARE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR
- INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH
- SOFTWARE, EVEN IF THE AUTHOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
- POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR CLAIMS. THE PERSON USING THE SOFTWARE
- BEARS ALL RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE.
-
- This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Connecticut
- and shall inure to the benefit of the author and any
- successors, administrators, heirs and assigns. Any action or proceeding
- brought by either party against the other arising out of or related to
- this agreement shall be brought only in a STATE or FEDERAL COURT of
- competent jurisdiction located in New Haven County, Conn. The parties
- hereby consent to in personam jurisdiction of said courts.
-
-
-
- ===== License for Use and Distribution =================
-
- TRIAL USE LICENSE
-
- SATCon is NOT a public domain program. It is copyrighted by
- the author. This software and accompanying documentation are
- protected by United States copyright law and also by international
- treaty provisions.
-
- You may not use, copy, rent, lease, sell, modify, decompile,
- disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer the licensed
- program except as provided in this agreement. Any such unauthorized
- use shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this license.
- All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to the author.
-
-
- LIMITED DISTRIBUTION LICENSE
-
- Any distribution satisfying all the distribution requirements expressed
- in the VENDOR.TXT is hereby authorized.
-
- Permission to distribute the SATCon package is not transferable,
- assignable, saleable, or franchisable. Each vendor wishing to
- distribute the package must independently satisfy the terms of this
- limited distribution license.
-
- U.S. Government Information: Use, duplication, or disclosure by the
- U.S. Government of the computer software and documentation in this
- package shall be subject to the restricted rights applicable to
- commercial computer software as set forth in subdivision (b)(3)(ii) of
- the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at
- 252.227-7013 (DFARS 52.227-7013). The Contractor/manufacturer is
- James Bair, P.O. Box 203, Shelton CT 06484-0203.
-
- The author may revoke any permissions granted here, by
- notifying you in writing. All rights not expressly granted here are
- reserved to the author.
-
- Contents of VENDOR.TXT:
-
- This file contains our distribution policy and information on all our
- products. We have a simple distribution policy: You have permission to
- distribute our shareware in its original, unaltered form as long as you
- 1) Identify it as shareware (with an appropriate definition)
- 2) Leave all intellectual property and copyright notices in place
- ....and as long as we do not request you to stop.
-
- You may archive our programs, unarchive them, include/exclude optional
- files (like this VENDOR.TXT file), include them with other programs on
- the same diskette, and do essentially anything you want as long as you
- respect the integrity of the program and all copyright laws, even if you
- may not be subject to them. We want the widest possible distribution,
- and we do notwant to stand in your way so long as you are honest with our
- mutual customer.
-
- If you are distributing in vending rack or point-of-purchase sales,
- please request our permission. This is the only area which it seems that
- customers do not understand shareware. ASP, ESC, Walnut Creek, Simtel,
- Garbo, Winsite, SICS, PC-SIG, Washington State, STAR, Way Cool, Bongo,
- EMS, APCUG, PC-related periodical, and Night Owl collections are
- pre-authorized to include our programs on CD-ROM.
-
- This is our normal distribution sequence:
-
- 1. New versions are offered to our registered users and distributed to
- all users who have registered within a year of the release date.
-
- 2. New versions are posted on CompuServe (use IBMFF with ID 70730,3001).
-
- 3. New versions are released through SDNet. If you have a BBS and
- do not belong to SDNet, please consider joining this international
- network.
-
- 4. All ASP and ESC distribution members are included in the regular ASP
- and ESC CD-ROM. This saves us both time and money. If you are not an
- ASP vendor member or bulletin board member, please consider
- joining. If you work a lot with educational materials, consider
- joining the ESC (Educational Software Cooperative).
-
- 5. We also send copies of major revisions of our software to vendors and
- bulletin boards who have notified us of their interest. If you are
- a catalog house, please send us a catalog or copy of your
- distribution diskette. We will be glad to keep you updated.
- We also provide updates to all distributors who are named
- by registered users as their source. If you are on the ASP, ESC, or
- SDN distributions, this may not be necessary and would save both of
- us a little time.
-
- If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints, please contact me:
- James Bair
- P.O. Box 203
- Shelton CT 06484-0203 USA
- CIS 70730,3001
- Internet 70730.3001@compuserve.com
- Voice 203-734-1296 (5-9 p.m. Eastern Time Zone)
-
- Outside of USA: If you are interested in working with us to provide
- registration and support services outside the USA, we are interested in
- working with you in a nonexclusive basis.
-
-
-
- ===== 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 BBSes, disk vendors, and other sources.
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