Atari 800 Instruction Manual

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GETTING STARTED
The fo llowi ng l ist co n tai ns rules yo u sho uld follo w wh en ente ring d ata into yo ur
Person al Financ ial
Ma nageme nt System . Wh en a s pecial sit uat io n occurs , itw ill
be i nd ica ted attheap prop riate ti me in t he manu al. The li st be low is relevant
t hro ug ho ut the perso nal fin ance progra m, a nd yo u sho u ld read it th o roug hly
befo re continuing.
1. You ca n esta blishupto 128 catego ries and su bcatego ries. A syou set th ese
up, it isadvisab le to revi ew the li st o f nam es yo u already haveentered .
You may fi nd afile int o w hich yo u can p lace your new da ta. Do not try to
nam e a cate gory All, as thi s te rm is reserved fo ruse by th esy stem .
The key to establishing a logical, fun ctio na l data base, is to pl an yo ur
bud get. Kn ow wh at categoriesyou wi ll n eedbased o n yo ur cu rre nt livi ng
requir ements. You can add new cate gories as they are necessary , but yo ur
basics wi ll be establ ished .
No te: You shou lduse th e ADD f orm at of the B udg etMan ager m odul e to
establish your budg et categories and subc ategories in the data fil es. Thi s
w ill hel pyo u p lan yo ur budge t more effec tive ly .
W hen yo u establ ish acatego ry name, do not use any co mmas, o r t he pro-
gram w i ll giv e you an erro r message. This happens becau se a..c om ma wi ll
a ut o mat i call y be inse rt ed b ythe pr ogr am aft er the subc atego ry nam e is
esta blished ( bo th catego ry and subcate gory are di splayed to gether; i.e.
au to mo bile , fuel).
2. W hen yo u ente r yourbudget catego ries thro ugh the Rec o rd Kee per
module. it is important to remember you are entering the category names
and su bcategory nam es, and not t he bud get i nfo rma t io n suc h as bud get
goals or bu dget ty pes. Theref o re, in orde r to co mp le te th ei nfo r matio n in
the dat a fi les o n the D at a Disk ett e, you mu st use t he M ODI FY fo r mat in
the Budget M anager mo dul eto ente r the b udg et typ e. If yo u fa il to f oll ow
th is p ro ced ur e, yo ur b udget go als w ill be ref lect ed as 0 .00 (ze ro) w hen yo u
wa nt an analys is of yo u r expenses and inco me. The bud get typ e o fT
(Transfer), I (I nco me), F (Fixed). or V (Va riab le) w ill auto ma t ica lly be
assigned by the prog ram and may not refl ect atrue pi ctu reof yo ur
fi nance s.
3. O ccasion all y, yo u will see the category o fTRANSFER a utom ati ca lly
assigned toyour data ent ry. The purpo se of th e TRANSFER cate go ry isto
prot e ct you from having ad oub le ent ry in your data fi les. A subcat egory
s hould be assigned in a TRANSFER catego ry so you know w hat you
t ransferred.
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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