SAS Institute products are available to UVM affiliates for a one-time fee of $400. SAS modules in this site license include Base SAS, SAS/STAT, SAS/GRAPH, SAS/ETS, SAS/FSP, SAS/AF, SAS/OR, SAS/QC, SAS/IML, SAS/ASSIST, SAS/INSIGHT, SAS/LAB, SAS/EIS, SAS/ACCESS, SAS/SPECTRAVIEW, SAS/GIS and several others.
Release 8.2 is the current Windows version. This version runs under Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, and Windows 2000. A Pentium processor is recommended with at least 32 megabytes of RAM (64 Mb of RAM is recommended for acceptable performance). Disk space requirements can range from about 200 megabytes to more than 600 megabytes. Since not all SAS modules may be desired, disk requirements will vary depending on the number and size of modules installed.
Release 6.12 is the current Power Macintosh version. This release will not run on Macintoshes that do not have a PowerPC processor. It requires System 7.5.3 or greater of the MacOS and requires 18 to 24 megabytes of RAM. Disk space requirements can range from about 100 megabytes to about 270 megabytes, depending of the size and number of modules installed.
Release 6.10 is available for Macintoshes and Power Macs and is the current version for Macintoshes with a Motorola 680x0 microprocessor. System 7.5 or greater is required for all Macs and AppleScript is required for the Power Mac. Release 6.10 will run on any Macintosh with a Motorola 68020 or 68030 chip with a floating point math coprocessor (FPU) or on any Power Mac. It will not run on a Macintosh with a Motorola 68LC040 chip. A minimum of 8 megabytes of contiguous free memory is required, with 18 megabytes of contiguous free memory recommended. Disk space requirements can range from about 100 megabytes to nearly 200 megabytes. Space requirements are dependent on the number and size of modules installed.
The fee stated above is a one-time charge which includes all future upgrades. Version 8 includes a CD containing online documentation in HTML format. Printed manuals are available separately and may be ordered through the University store or directly from SAS Institute, Inc..
SPSS Inc. products, including Windows, Macintosh, and Power Macintosh versions, are available to UVM affiliates for $200. The modules which have been licensed include Base SPSS, Advanced Models, Regression Models, Tables, and LISREL. Although LISREL is still available, it has been replaced with AMOS, a more graphically-oriented structural equations modelling program. Neither LISREL nor AMOS is available for the Macintosh.
The current release for Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000 is 10.1. The requirements for acceptable performance of this version are at least a 90 Mhz Pentium processor with 16 MB of RAM (64 MB recommended), and at least 80 MB of hard disk space (for the Base module only), a CD-ROM drive (for installation), and a monitor and graphics adapter at 800x600 resolution. Version 10.1 will not run under Windows 3.1.
The Macintosh release (version 6.1.4) requires the following: System 7.0 or later, a Motorola 68030 or 68040 chip with a floating point unit (FPU), 16 MB or more of RAM (or 8 MB of RAM with RAM Doubler), at least 20 MB of hard disk space, a monitor with at least 640 x 400 resolution, Apple Shared Library Manager 1.1.2 or higher (supplied with SPSS).
The Power Macintosh release (version 10.0.7) requires a Power Macintosh G3 233 Mhz processor or faster, Mac OS 9, at least 64 MB of built-in RAM (128 MB recommended), 128 MB of total memory (built-in and virtual), 32 MB of available memory to launch the application, 130 MB of disk space, a monitor and graphics adapter with 800x600 resolution, and a CD-ROM drive (for installation).
The fees stated above are one-time charges which include all future upgrades. Manuals are available separately and may be ordered through the University store or directly from SPSS Inc. Information about SPSS manuals and publications can be found in the publications web page at SPSS Inc..
Call Alan Howard at 656-2009 or send electronic mail to Alan.Howard@uvm.edu for more information on either SAS or SPSS products.