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Originally Posted by Lefty
Someone sent me Val 4. I'm wondering what machines it will work on? I don't remember if this was only Dos or not. I also have an old Synthesis disk.
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Hi Lefty! Just seeing this post now for some reason. FWIW, it's probably not excellent etiquette to report (at least on this site) that 'someone sent me Val4' unless that someone was ME!
In case people forgot - Validator4 is NOT free. I updated it from Doc Sartin's old Val3 software which became compromised in 2006 due to a Trackmaster/Equibase change in the Speed Rating calculation. Although no one has asked for (or offered to pay for) it in some time, it IS available here:
http://paceandcap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6416 I do not take any money for myself: I send it ALL to Mary Sartin Jr to supplement the regular royalties I pay the Sartin Family related to RDSS and in respect of Doc Sartin's life's work.
Saying 'someone sent me Val4' is sort of like saying 'someone sent me RDSS to try out'. I KNOW people do it (not with RDSS), but folks could at least be courteous and do it behind my back, not in front of my face
LOL!
Lefty, I'm pretty sure none of this occurred to you, and no worries - please don't take it personally. For some reason just now, it just irritates me the number of people who post or discuss their use of Val4 who I KNOW did not pay for it! If anyone out there thinks I might be talking about them and knows they actually DID pay for Val4 and I just forgot - my apologies in advance. Otherwise, if anyone actually gets valuable USE out of a freebie copy of Val4 - well, you know what to do.
FWIW - if someone subscribes to RDSS and requests Val4 (or Spec160) - I give it to them, no worries.
End of rant - back to my regularly scheduled friendly and helpful self
Ted