Atari 800 Instruction Manual

HOW TO USE
THIS MANUAL
The A lA RI '" Personal Financi al M anagement Sy stem ' Mis co m posed o f six pr o-
gram m
odul es:
• Create
• Reco rd Keeper
• Che ckbook Bala nce r
• Bu dget M anage r
• Bu dget Ana lyze r
• Bu dget Forecaster
These mod u les are on two System D isk ett es. System Di sk ett e I co ntai ns th e
Create, Rec or d Kee per, and Chec k boo kBala ncer m od u les. System D isk ett e II
co nta ins t he B udg et Ma nager, Budg et A nalyzer, andBudg et Foreca st ermodu les.
Each m odu le is d iscu ssed in t he mos t likelyor der o f use . Fo llo wing isabrief
expla nat io n o f what yo u can acco mp l ish wit h t he mod u les.
Note :When yo u begin ente ri ng yo ur data , you wil l seeaw hite squa re o n t he
televi sio n screen th at mo ves each ti me yo u press a key . Thi s sq uare is call ed a
cursor and indicates t he poi nt at whi ch you areentering data .
You will use th e Create modul eeac h time yo u prepare a new diskette to sto re the
data e ntere d i nto the computer. An additional use o f the Create mod ule wi ll be
to copy th e data fro m one d isk e tt e to another.
The Recor d Keeper serves as t he prima ry m odul ewhi ch yo u use to e nte r fi nanc ial
transa ctio ns i nto th e d at a bas e' (basi c info rm at ion), e dit i nfo rma t ion already in
the da ta base, o r prin ti nfo rma t io n fro m t he da ta base. You cann ot e nt er bud get
i nfo r matio n suc h as bu dget goa ls o r bud get typ esthro ug h the Rec ord Keeper
module(t he m ajor d i ff erence f rom th e Bud get M anager mod u l e).
" Note: A d ata base is a syste m ize d fo rm of reco rd s in afile . The info rmatio n yo u
e nte r i nto the co mp ut er is stor ed in files on t he d is kette . A ll t he fi les tog eth er, in
t his case, are yo ur perso nal fi nancial da ta base.
The Budg et Ma nager module is the p rimar y means of ente ri ng yo u r bud get inf or-
mati on into you r d at a base and o nto disk ett e . Th is m odu le d i ffe rs f rom the
Re cord Keeper in that you ent er you r budg et info rma tion (type of expenseand
goals) through t he Budget Ma nager modul e, but not finan cial tra nsa ct i on s (suc h
as chec k w riting , cash expendi tures).
The Chec kbook Balan cer modu le wil l help bal ance yo ur checkbook on amo nt hl y
b asis. E nte ri ng the ca nce led chec ks fro m yo ur ba nk sta tement a nd e nte ri ng all
other activi ty in your c heckingaccount into thecomputer will give an easily
acce ssib le, readable, and understa n dab le acco u nti ng o f yo ur bank ing ac tiv ity .
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Atari 800 Specifications

General

Processor	MOS Technology 6502
Processor Speed	1.79 MHz
ROM	10 KB
Graphics	ANTIC and GTIA chips
Release Year	1979
Display Resolution	up to 320 x 192
Colors	128 colors
Sound	4 channels
Storage	Cartridge, cassette, floppy disk
Ports	Cartridge, serial, monitor
Operating System	Atari OS