Atari 800 Instruction Manual

22 Record Keepe r
Note: If you need to e nter a diffe rent chec k num ber than shown on the
display , make sureyour ent ry is no more t han 50 nu mb ers higher t han the
check -nu mb er show n. For insta nce, if the last nu mber entered wa sChec k
No . 25, your nextcheck nu mbe r ente red ca nnot be larger than No . 75. I f it
is, then an erro r message app ears and you are to reenter another c heck
nu mber (l owe r th an 75).
5. The TO W
HOM ent ry is optio nal. If yo u want to m ake t he e ntry , t yp e in
the info rmation, iiijiii;!ii' otherwise. just pre ss 'iijiii -Ui.
Ifyou ente r s eco nd checki ngacco unt chec ks, i ndi cat e to who m t hechec k
wa s issued for yourrecords.
D. Th e co mme n t entry isopt io nal. I f yo u wa nt to mak e t he en try , typ e in t he
informat io n, ' .Iilli-P' -ot herwise just pre ss 'iijiii ·U'.
7. Assign t he check t oacategoryalr eady establ ished . If necessary, set upa
new cat egory. For insta nce, if th e check was for a c ar payment , th e
ca tegory m i ght becalle d " A utomobil e."
You are a llowe dtoent er a t ot al of 128 ca tego ries and subcatego ries.
Rem em ber to establ ish t ax-dedu ctib le catego ries and sub categor ies w hen
necessary.
8. The subca tego ryis an o pt io na l r equir emen t. Referring to th e exa m ple in
Step 7, yo umay want to record th especi fi c ca r fo r w hich the pay me nt
wa s m ad e. O ther subc ateg o ries und er A uto mo bi le mig ht be Fuel, Repairs,
and the like. Type your subcatego ryand press '·'iiii;Vi.
9. The pr ompt message I S THIS CO RR ECT? YIN appears on th e screen. If yo u
hav e ente red all the info rmat ion correct ly for thischeck. type Y ';liili;,?',
and co nt inue w it h St ep 10. If yo umade an erro r or lef t some t hingout.
type N i;iiiii;V1 and repeat Steps 2-9.
10. The Budget Catego ries d isp lay , as show n in Figur e 4-4, will appear o n you r
screen w hen yo u ty pe in a ca tegory nam e th e syste mdoes no t reco gni ze.
Review th ei nfo r matio n give n, and resp ond to the pr omp t DO YOU WA NT
TO RE VIE W EXISTING CATE GO RI E S? YIN . If th is screen does n ot appea r,
go to Step 12
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Fi gur e 44 Bud get Categories F ormat

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