Atari 800 Instruction Manual

2 How co UR' rhis Manual
The B ud get An aly zer m od uleanalyzes the budget inf orm atio n yo uhave ente red
into the f iles and onto di ske tt e . You can doan ana lys is at anytime to see how
well you are s tay ing w it hin your es tab lished budg et goals.
The Budg et Foreca stermodu le wi ll fo rec ast yo ur budg et up t o30 m onth sahead
based o n yo ur pr evi ou s i
nco me , expe nses, and spendi ng habit s as ente red i nto
the data base. The forecasti ng is acco mplis hed in t hree ways :
• Through ave raging your expe nses to date
• By showing the t rend o f yo ur expe nd it ures
•Taki ng yo ur expenses on a seasonal basis and pro ject ing them in the same
way
Each fo rec ast is p res ent ed t o yo u via a bar chart orlistin g(co nve rt ing the bar
cha rt info rma tio n int o text). The list ed versio n can be displayed on the te le visio n
screen o r l ist ed thro ug h the print er (i f yo u have atta ched a p rint er t o you r
AlARI '" 800™ Pers onal Computer System). Sim ila r t o t he Bud get Ana lyze r, you
pro bablywill not use th e Budget For ecast er unt il yo u have been e nte ri ng info r-
mation into the data base for at least two months in ord er to receive a significant
fo recast.
We suggest yo u read t hro ugh th ee nt ire m anu al to gai n a generalidea of how to
pe rfo rm the va rio us fun ct i o ns. The next step is to fo ll ow theinstruct io ns for
ge tti ng the data dis ket tes ready. Thenuse t he wo rksheets o n pages 12and 13 of
th is m anualto pl an yo ur bud get and the information you wa nt toente r into the
da ta base. Afte r yo uhav e d one t hi s, yo u w ill be p repar ed toe nte r yo ur f irst set o f
cate gor ies into yo ur AlA RI Person al Financial M anagem ent System.

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