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!!!Atari Personal Financial Management System (P.F.M.S.) CX406
!!Foreword
!A foreword here? A definite yes(!) and here is why:
!This contribution is not just another box for the wiki, like all the others, it is a major step for the community! The reasons therefor are:
a) the box belongs to those boxes Atari doesn't want you to have, they were announced, but never sold to the public. Those boxes had a sticker "not for sale to the general public" on it.\\
b) only Atari employees did have access to those boxes.\\
c) this good soul from Atari must had to preserved the diskettes in an excellent way, they could survive 34 years without loosing just a single bit.\\
d) this good soul from Atari must have deep knowledge how to bring the diskettes into the atr format below.\\
e) this good soul from Atari must be with us today and must share with us the idea to preserve this for generations to come.\\
f) this good soul from Atari must fulfill a) to e) all together in one person!\\
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Due to those facts, we are so lucky, that James Bradford was able to bought that box from the good soul mentioned above and wants to share this with us. Therefore, AtariWiki can give him only the highest award possible:\\
[{Image src='Thank you 2.jpg' width=617 height=109 }]
Thank you James, thank you so much! We are so deep in your debt! We will never forget you! Please go ahead with your outstanding work and many thanks for scanning the instructions manual and the quick reference card. \\
!!!Atari Personal Financial Management System (P.F.M.S.) CX406 Copyright (C) 1981 Atari, Inc.
!!!Also as part in 'The Home Manager Kit' or 'The Home Manager' CX418 version 1
Please check [atari8bitads.blogspot.de|http://atari8bitads.blogspot.de/2017/03/a-welcome-addition.html] from Bill Lange, which solves the mystery around the box. Great work Bill! Please go ahead, we really appreciate your help. :-)))
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* [Blank Diskette (Model CX8100)|Blank Diskette CX8100.atr]
* [Blank Diskette (Model CX8100)|Blank Diskette CX8100.atr] ; special blank diskette for P.F.M.S. only.
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[{Image src='Blank Data Disk directory.jpg' width=545 height=102 }]
CX406 - Blank Data Disk directory under a normal DOS II 2.0S disk directory \\
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On both System Diskettes copy protection is used. It seems to be Atari DOS II 2.0S(?) type protection. Please take into account, that only DOS I and II where available at the time of creation. Therefore, DOS II duplicate disk would only copy sectors marked as used in the VTOC. P.F.M.S. DOS is a custom DOS II, where the directory and VTOC are different, so normal DOS II won't copy it at all. Users saw this, so they created custom versions of DUP.SYS like Yellow DOS and LJS (Long John Silver) DOS to name a couple.\\
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On both System Diskettes copy protection is used. It seems to be Atari DOS II 2.0S(?) type protection. Please take into account, that only DOS I and II were available at the time of creation. Therefore, DOS II duplicate disk would only copy sectors marked as used in the VTOC. P.F.M.S. DOS is a custom DOS II, where the directory and VTOC are different, so normal DOS II won't copy it at all. Users saw this, so they created custom versions of DUP.SYS like Yellow DOS and LJS (Long John Silver) DOS to name a couple.
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At that point Mr. Bacardi has already taken over:
* [Personal Finance Management System CX8113 (SD-DOS 2.5).atr] ; a)
* [Personal Finance Management System CX8114 (MD-DOS 2.5).atr] ; b)
and delivered us a SD image for the CX8113 type and a MD image for the CX8114 type.
Have already started to bring both images on just one DD image:
* [Personal Finance Management System CX8113-4 (DD-DOS 2.0D).atr] ; c)
up to now, PFMS is not running with c). Who can help us?
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Atari Personal Finance Management System - Instruction Manual Cover\\
Atari Personal Finance Management System - Instruction Manual Cover
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[{Image src='Front.jpg' width=565 height=640 }]
CX406 binder front 1 ; Giga thanks goes to Curt Vendel from: www.atarimuseum.com\\
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CX406 binder front 1\\
CX406 binder front 2 \\
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CX406 binder front 2\\
CX406 binder front 3 \\
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[{Image src='Back3.jpg' width=585 height=650 }]
CX406 binder back 1 ; Giga thanks goes to Curt Vendel from: www.atarimuseum.com\\
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CX406 binder back\\
CX406 binder back 2\\
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CX406 binder side view \\
CX406 binder side view \\
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[{Image src='Content.jpg' width=565 height=615 }]
CX406 binder cover ; Giga thanks goes to Curt Vendel from: www.atarimuseum.com \\
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CX406 binder - seperators \\
CX406 binder - seperators \\
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[{Image src='Disks.jpg' width=619 height=675 }]
CX406 Diskette Holder ; Giga thanks goes to Curt Vendel from: www.atarimuseum.com\\
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P.F.M.S. System Diskette I (Model CX8113)\\
P.F.M.S. System Diskette I (Model CX8113) \\
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P.F.M.S. System Diskette II (Model CX8114)\\
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P.F.M.S. System Diskette II (Model CX8114) \\
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P.F.M.S. Startscreen \\
P.F.M.S. Startscreen \\
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P.F.M.S. Main Menu \\
P.F.M.S. Main Menu \\
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P.F.M.S. Main Menu with location of the modules on the two system diskettes \\
P.F.M.S. Main Menu with location of the modules on the two system diskettes \\
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P.F.M.S. Statement Balance \\
P.F.M.S. Statement Balance \\
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P.F.M.S. Budget Analyzer Menu \\
P.F.M.S. Budget Analyzer Menu \\
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P.F.M.S. Forecaster Method Menu \\
P.F.M.S. Forecaster Method Menu \\
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P.F.M.S. End of Personal Financial Management System \\
P.F.M.S. End of Personal Financial Management System \\
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!From Atari FAQ 1980: January:
!...Personal Finance (never shipped as introduced; possibly eventually shipped as: Personal Financial Management System). Also, list prices for the 400 and 800 packages increased to US$630 and US$1,080 (up from US$550 and US$1,000)
From Atari FAQ 1980: January:
...Personal Finance (never shipped as introduced; possibly eventually shipped as: Personal Financial Management System). Also, list prices for the 400 and 800 packages increased to US$630 and US$1,080 (up from US$550 and US$1,000)
[{Image src='CXL4012-Atari_Personal_Finance_CXL4012_Cartridge.jpg' width=507 height=635 }]
Personal Finance: CXL4012 ; estimated as an cartridge before July 1980\\
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[{Image src='CXL4012-Missile_Command_Cartridge.jpg' width=200 height=244 }]
CXL4012 cartridge was Missile Command for real later in time\\
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P.F.M.S. advertising image 1 - 11/1981 \\
P.F.M.S. advertising image 1 - 11/1981 \\
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P.F.M.S. advertising image 2 - mid 1982 \\
P.F.M.S. advertising image 2 - mid 1982 \\
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P.F.M.S. advertising image 3 - first quarter 1983 \\
P.F.M.S. advertising image 3 - first quarter 1983 \\
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P.F.M.S. advertising image 4 \\
P.F.M.S. advertising image 4 \\
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P.F.M.S. Example \\
P.F.M.S. Example \\
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[{Image src='MACE_Newsletter_Feb_1982_0022.jpg' width=638 height=825 }]
ATARI Personal Financial Management System review in the February 1982 M.A.C.E. Newsletter, page 23\\
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[{Image src='MACE_Newsletter_Feb_1982_0023.jpg' width=638 height=825 }]
ATARI Personal Financial Management System review in the February 1982 M.A.C.E. Newsletter, page 24\\
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[{Image src='AtariPersonalFinanceRecall.png' width=469 height=351 }]
ATARI Personal Financial Management System recall in the August 1982 M.A.C.E. Newsletter\\
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[{Image src='Atari-8bit-ad.jpg' width=599 height=800 }]
ATARI Personal Financial Management System ad from 1982\\
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[{Image src='home-manager-kit.png' width=292 height=320 }]
ATARI Personal Financial Management System as part of The Home Manager Kit
!! Thanks
[James Bradford|Thanks#section-Thanks-JamesBradford] help in preserving this software\\
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Thank you Bill Lange for providing the articles from the 1982 M.A.C.E. Newsletters, the ad pictures and the help to solve the mystery around the box.
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