Atari 800 Instruction Manual

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Main Menu . As yo u brin g up aprog ram m odule. t he Main Me nu appears o n you r
screen. From this,you c hoo se the su bfu nct ion yo u wa nt to pe rfo rm. Figure 1-4 is
an examp le of th e M ain Me nu from the Reco rd Keepe rm odul e .
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6 Setting Up
Figure 1-4 Record Keeper Main Menu
System Di ske tt es. System Di sk ett es co nta in th e pr ogr am s (so ft wa re) th at mak e up
yo ur Perso nal Fin anci al M anagem ent System . System D isk ett e I co nta ins t he pr o-
grams for the Crea te , Rec or d Keeper, and Che ckboo kBal ancer m odul es. Syste m
D is kett e II containsthe program s for the Bud get M an ager, Budget Ana lyz er, and "---'
Budget Forecaster mod ules.
Note : If at any ti me yo u in sert th ewro ng pro gram d iske tt e, a message wi ll pro m pt
you to INSERT THE OTH ER PRO GRA M DIS KETTE.
Data Diske tt es. Data D isk ett es are th e di sk ett es on w hich you store the inf orm a-
t io n ent ered into the co m pu te r. Th e disk ettes a vailabl e as Data D iskett es are t he
A TA RI 810
1M
Blank Diskett es (CX8100), o r ATA RI 810/815 Blank D iskettes
(CX8202). A bla nk d iskett e is in clu ded wit h y our Person al Financia l Man agem ent
System fo r this pu rpos e.
You sho ul d class ify th e Dat a Di sk ett es aseither CURRENT (th e di sk ett e yo u are
cu rre nt ly put tin g inf ormati on o n) o r as a dat ed di sk ett e . An app r opri at e ref erence
f or th e d at ed disk ett e w ould bethe d ates o f i nfo rma t io n cove red on th at
di sk ett e . You ca ndevelop yo ur ow n syste m o f class if ica t io n as yo u inc rease yo ur
fi les. Any syste m co m fo rtab le fo r yo u is acceptab le, as lon g as yo u ente r cu rre nt
tr ansact ion s o n th e CUR RENT di sk ett e. If yo uhave a lot of m onthl ytra nsactio ns
however, yo umay wa nt to prepare a new D at a D isk ett e fo r eac hm ont h.
Caution : If yo u allow t he d iske tt e to run out of space in t he m iddl e of the m ont h,
itw ill ca use yo u agreat deal of i nco nve nie nce in all fu t ure operat io ns. The co m-
put er w ill alert yo u w hen th e ava ilab le di sk sto rage space i s near ca p acity . W hen
yo u are ready to begin a new m onth , yo u are urged to re turn to th e System M enu
and th en go tothe Crea te m odul e to pr epare the next Data Di ske tt e. (See t he
ins tru cti on s unde r th eCreate m odu le sect io n of thi s m anu al. )

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