Atari 800 Instruction Manual

Figure 1-3 The System Me nu
THE SYSTEM MENU
The System M enu is yo ur st arti ng p oin t eac h tim e yo u w ant to wo rkwit h yo ur
Person al Financia l Ma nageme nt System. The Syst em M enu is simi larto a
rest aur ant menu ; i.e., yo u ind ic ate yo ur selec t io n to th e compute r by t yp in g t he
k eywo rd (s hown in inversevideo) o n t he left side of thescree n. O n th e r ight sid e
o f t he screen is abrief desc ript io n o f wh at yo u ca n dowit h eac hm odul e . For
detail ed explanat io ns of the Creat e, Reco rd Keeper, Chec k boo k Balancer, Budget
M anager, Budg et Analy zer, and Budget Forecaster modules, refer to the i ndivid -
ual di sc ussionsof th ese fu nct io ns.
TERMINOLOGY AND FUNCTION KEYS
Keyword . The ke ywo rd repr esen ts t hefunc tion(s) yo u may wa nt to perf o rm in
eac hmenu o f yo ur Perso nal Financi al M anage m ent System. W hen m aki ng you r
se lect ion, it is not a lw ay s necessary to typethe entire keyw o rd. Freq u ent ly, th e
firs t le tt er o faword isenough, pr o vid ed no other selec t io n o n t hat menu begi ns
w it h the same le tt er. Wh en t his does occ ur, yo u need to type eno ug h o fthe
ke ywo rd selec t io n to make it un iqu e. For in stance, in t he Reco rd Keeper M enu
(see Figure 1-4), t hree o fthe se lec t io ns are ENTER, ED IT,and EXIT . There for e, yo u
co uld n ot ty pe an " E" for you r selec t ion or th e m essage pr omp t E IS INVALI D I
w ill appear o n t he b otto m of the screen. In th is case, you mu sttyp e at leastthe
f ir st tw o le tt ers o fyour selec t io n t o di fferenti ate itf rom the ot hers.
Note :When you t yp e in a ke ywo rd ent ry, IT MUST BE IN CAPITAL LETTERS. I f
yo uaccid e nta lly go int o the lowercase mod e, sim ply hol d down the IllIID key
w hile depressingthe ''''4-i ' "'1;' key . T his w ill put yo uback into t he upp ercase
mod e.
System Menu . The Syst em M enu, as seen in Figure 1-3, is t he f irst m enu t hat
appea rs o n th e scree n afte r yo u have boot ed (sta rte d u p) you r co mp ute r syste m .
From the Syste m Me nu yo u c an access any of t he modul es you need.
Wa rning: It is imperative that you exit from your personal finance p rogram
throu ghthe System M enu (when yo u have f inis hed your wo rk forthe day). I f you
simp ly turn the co mp uter and d isk dri ve o ff from a nyw here in the p rogram, you
wi ll lose ALL the in for mat ion entered on the Data Di skett eduri ng the cu rrent wo rk
ses sion.
Seuing Up S

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