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!!!The Atari Accountant series, Copyright (C) 1981 by Atari, Inc. and BPI Systems, Inc. (Software) and Arthur Young & Co. (Documentation)
!!!The Atari Accountant series, Copyright (C) 1981 by Atari, Inc. and BPI Systems, Inc. and Arthur Young & Co.
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Before you intend to go further, you really have to read Bill Lange's incredible [article|http://atari8bitads.blogspot.de/search/label/Atari%20Accountant%20Series] about The Atari Accountant series. If you do not, you won't understand anything of The Atari Accountant, not even a single bit! Please take the time, you won't be disappointed. Bill has done a deep, deep investigation, which only a few Atari users are able to. That is scientific investigation and deep knowledge at its best. AtariWiki highly(!) recommend this site. The site is vital for a deeper understanding of the boxes Atari made. You would miss a big part of Atari's history by not reading it! Bill, AtariWiki says soooo much thank you for your help in this lost be believe case.\\
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Thank you so much Bill for bringing light into some of Atari's deep black projects. We really need your help, not only for this software alone.
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The ATARI Accountant brings sophisticated computerized accounting to the small business or professional person and has been priced at $1,499.85. Each of its three components, which are available separately, is priced at $499.95. They include systems for accounts and inventory control. All prices mentioned are manufacturer's suggested retail prices in the U.S. only. The three packages are: General Accounting System CX401, Accounts Receivable System CX402 and Inventory Control System CX403. Each package consists of several diskettes, please see below. The software __requires__ an ATARI 800 Computer, [an Atari 815 Dual Disk|https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Atari%20815], an Atari 850 Interface Module and an Atari 825 80-Column Printer. Minimum RAM requirement: 48 K\\
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In sum The Atari Accountant Series consists out of 13 SSDD diskettes, which is equivalent to __26 SSSD diskettes__! This makes The Atari Accountant the most expansive Atari program of all times and the largest of it's time. Just box CX401 is found up to now only (2019). Any help in completing the 'The Atari Accountant' is very welcome, anytime, anyplace and everywhere.\\
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[{Image src='328_.jpg' width=675 height=685 }]
The Atari Accountant - binder, top view ; thanks to Kay Savetz for taking the picture!
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!!CX401: General Accounting System (never shipped according to Michael Current from the Atari FAQ)
!!Foreword
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* General Accounting System - Users’s Manual
* Business Manager’s Companion Guide
* Reference Card
* 2 Data Entry Program Diskettes (Model CX8203) Master and Backup
* 2 Posting Program Diskettes (Model CX8204) Master and Backup
* 1 Sample Master Data Diskette (Model CX8205)
* 1 Sample Training Data Diskette (Model CX8206)
* 1 Blank Diskette (Model CX8202)
* 4 new disks, Atari 815 Dual Disk Drive required!, Atari 825, Atari 850 Interface Module
Before we intend to go further, you really have to read Bill Lange's incredible [investigation|http://atari8bitads.blogspot.de/search/label/Atari%20Accountant%20Series] about The Atari Accountant series. If you do not, you won't understand anything of The Atari Accountant, not even a single bit! Please take the time, you won't be disappointed. Bill has done a deep, deep investigation, which only a few Atari users are able to do. That is scientific investigation and deep knowledge at its best. AtariWiki highly(!) recommend this site. The site is vital for a deeper understanding of the boxes Atari made. You would miss a big part of Atari's history by not reading it! Roger H. Badertscher, president of Atari's Computer division in 1981, was in charge and responsible for The Atari Accountant. Sadly, he belongs to the 10 % denying just any interview about the golden age of Atari. AtariWiki says soooo much thank you to Bill Lange for his help in this lost be believe case. Greatly appreciated! :-)\\
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[{Image src='The_Atari_Accountant-Demo.jpg' width=489 height=325 }]
The Atari Accountant - screenshot 1 taken from [In-Store Demonstration Program|https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=In-Store%20Demonstration%20Program] on diskette only, not cartridge! ; thanks to Bill Lange for sharing this with the community!
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!!CX402: Accounts Receivable System (never shipped according to Michael Current from the Atari FAQ)
!!Requirements
The prices are taken from lists published in 1981, please see below under ADs\\
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- Color TV or monitor, of course: take it as given ;-)\\
- Atari 800 with 16 KiB RAM: $759 ; unit was changed from KB to KiB\\
- Upgrade to 48 KiB RAM: 2 x each $149 for a 16 KiB module, therefore: $298\\
- Atari 815 Dual Disk Drive: $1199 ; frop down from $1499 a little earlier!\\
- Atari 825 80-Column Printer: $779\\
- Atari 850 Interface Module: $179\\
- Atari BASIC Cartridge: $46\\
- Atari CX401 General Accounting: $499\\
- Atari CX402 Accounts Receivable: $499\\
- Atari CX403 Inventory Control: $499\\
- Atari CX89 Color Monitor Cable, else Atari CX82 B&W Monitor Cable: $50\\
- Atari CX86 Printer Cable: $42\\
- a lot of Atari double density diskettes (CX8202) for storage: $21\\
- a credit card, which can take all of the above :-)\\
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In sum: $4,870 as value from 1981. Assuming an inflation rate of 4 % over the decades (just multiply with 1.04), we come to:\\
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$4820 * 1.04 ^ (2019 - 1981) = $21,617.02\\
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of today’s money, which is in Euro: €19,140.27 (exchange rate from: 02/19/2019)
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4 disks
!!CX401: General Accounting System (4 SSDD Diskettes)
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[{Image src='Atari_Accountant_CX402.jpg' width=672 height=448 }]
The Atari Accountant - Accounts Receivable CX402 - only one picture available ; Mega-Thanks to Bill Lange for sharing this picture with the community! :-)))
The General Accounting System is all many business need to automate their accounting functions. The program produces financial reports, including a balance sheet, profit and loss statements and subsidiary ledgers for account receivable, accounts payable and payroll. It consists of:\\
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* General Accounting System - Users’s Manual\\
* Business Manager’s Companion Guide\\
* Reference Card\\
* 2 Data Entry Program Diskettes (Model CX8203) Master and Backup\\
* 2 Posting Program Diskettes (Model CX8204) Master and Backup\\
* 1 Sample Master Data Diskette (Model CX8205)\\
* 1 Sample Training Data Diskette (Model CX8206)\\
* 1 Blank Diskette (Model CX8202)\\
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Estimated availability second quarter 1981
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[{Image src='401.jpg' width=529 height=378 }]
The ATARI Accountant - screenshot 2 from General Accounting System; Thank you so much Bill Lange! Great finding! :-)\\
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!!CX403: Inventory Control Program/System (never shipped according to Michael Current from the Atari FAQ)
!!CX402: Accounts Receivable System (4 SSDD Diskettes)
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5 disks
The Accounts Receivable System is for businesses with a large volume of active accounts requiring either an open-item or balance forward system. With this program you can print statements and customer mailings automatically.\\
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Estimated availability third quarter 1981
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The ATARI Accountant - screenshot 3 from Accounts Receivable System; Thank you so much Bill Lange! Great finding! :-)\\
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!!Images from the The Atari Accountant
Just box CX401 is found up to now only (2015). Any help in completing the 'The Atari Accountant' is very welcome, anytime, anyplace and everywhere.\\
!!CX403: Inventory Control System (5 SSDD Diskettes)
The Inventory Control System allows you to monitor a large or rapidly turning inventory, employing either the LIFO, FIFO or Average Costing methods. This program allows you to print invoices, purchase orders, packing slips and stock lables automatically.\\
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[{Image src='Atari Accountant.jpg' width=661 height=360 }]
The Atari Accountant description\\
Estimated availability third quarter 1981
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[{Image src='Cover.jpg' width=550 height=555 }]
The Atari Accountant box CX401-1 ; Giga thanks goes to Curt Vendel from: www.atarimuseum.com\\
[{Image src='403.jpg' width=534 height=389 }]
The ATARI Accountant - screenshot 4 from Inventory Control System; Thank you so much Bill Lange! Great finding! :-)
!!ATR images
__- Originals (softsectored, one index hole):__ taken from a Happy ; __you need an Atari 815 Double Disk Drive to work with these images!__ Each sector #47 is not "feeling" that good... ;-)\\
* [Data_Entry_Program_Diskette_CX8203-Original-v1.atr] ; size: 184 KB ; version 1 of CX8203, please see description below (##)
* [Data_Entry_Program_Diskette_CX8203-Original-v2.atr] ; size: 184 KB ; version 2 of CX8203, please see description below (##)
* [Posting_Program_Diskette_CX8204-Original.atr] ; size: 184 KB ;
* [The_Action_Sales_Co.-Master_Data_Diskette_CX8205-Original.atr] ; size: 184 KB ;
* [The_Action_Sales_Co._Training_Data_Diskette-CX8206-Original.atr] ; size: 184 KB ; please take into account, that the 'The Action Sales Co.-Training Data Diskette CX8206' is blank, please see page 2-1 in the User's Manual or page 33 in the pdf file for further information.
* [CX8202.atr] blank Atari DD diskette ; size: 184 KB
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[{Image src='box.jpg' width=397 height=405 }]
The Atari Accountant box CX401-2 \\
(##) This is the(!) master example about the __lifetime of 5.25 in diskettes__. Kay Savetz did work very hard and extremely careful on the original diskettes. But sadly, we discovered destroyed sectors not the way we know for normal, but through aging! This means, we had data loss, not to recover under just any circumstances. Exactly, what was mentioned in the movie [Blade Runner 2049|https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856101/?ref_=nv_sr_1]. Please don't let that happen!!! Please support Farb and his passionate [team of preservation|http://a8preservation.com/#/guides/diskDumping], so we can provide these outstanding programs for generations to come!\\
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[{Image src='Content 1.jpg' width=580 height=555 }]
The Atari Accountant box CX401-Content 1 ; Giga thanks goes to Curt Vendel from: www.atarimuseum.com\\
On the other hand, we had gigantic luck in many ways. :-) First, Atari wisely delivered a backup diskette of major and important diskettes with the box, so we had 2 of them and second, we could find out, that the lost sectors due to aging are asked for in the program for protection purposes. Therefore, no sector with data was lost through aging, which contains data and third, we were able to copy good sectors from version 1 to damaged sectors from version 2 and vice versa! Therefore, this was very, very close! We say, it was 5 past 12! So, it is fair to say, that the __maximum lifetime of 5.25 in diskettes is 35 years__ under best storage conditions. Summarized, the time to act is now or never! Please join the team.\\
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[{Image src='Content 2.jpg' width=505 height=515 }]
The Atari Accountant box CX401-Content 2 ; Giga thanks goes to Curt Vendel from: www.atarimuseum.com\\
__- Working versions:__ created by DjayBee from AtariAge ; you __don't(!)__ need an Atari 815 Double Disk Drive to work with these images, hence these images can be used with 'normal' disk drives available supporting DD format! :-)
* [CX8201-Atari 815 Master Diskette|DOS_2.0D.atr] ; size: 184 KB
* [CX8202-Blank Diskette|CX8202.atr] ; size: 184 KB
* [CX8203-Data Entry Program Diskette version 1-unaltered|Data_Entry_Program_Diskette_CX8203-1_by_CSS.atr] ; size: 184 KB (###)
* [CX8203-Data Entry Program Diskette version 2-unaltered|Data_Entry_Program_Diskette_CX8203-2_by_CSS.atr] ; size: 184 KB (###)
* [CX8203-Data Entry Program Diskette-working|Data_Entry_Program_Diskette_CX8203-cracked_by_CSS.atr] ; size: 184 KB (###)
* [CX8204-Posting Program Diskette-unaltered|Posting_Program_Diskette_CX8204_by_CSS.atr] ; size: 184 KB (###)
* [CX8204-Posting Program Diskette-working|Posting_Program_Diskette_CX8204-cracked_by_CSS.atr] ; size: 184 KB (###)
* [CX8205-The Action Sales Co. Master Data Diskette|The_Action_Sales_Co.-Master_Data_Diskette_CX8205_by_CSS.atr] ; size: 184 KB (###)
* [CX8206-The Action Sales Co. Training Data Diskette|CX8206-The_Action_Sales_Co._Training_Data_Diskette.atr] ; size: 184 KB
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[{Image src='binder.jpg' width=385 height=442 }]
The Atari Accountant binder CX401 \\
(###) To get the data from the diskettes is the greatest spin-off of the whole project! We now have the knowledge and technology to: [Read, write or convert from an Atari 815 Double Disk Drive]. This is a major milestone regarding Atari and especially for preserving purposes. For the explanation of this breakthrough, please follow the link before, simply because it is too big to add here. Thank you for your understanding.
!!Manuals
The below manuals can be refer to the amateur league, for ultra professional pdf files, AtariWiki highly recommends the created pdf files by GoodByteXL from AtariAge. You won't get better ones, worldwide! For an example, please see: [ACTION! manual 3rd edition|https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Action#section-Action-ManualsAndDocs]. On the other hand, sometimes this requires to retype letter by letter the whole book...
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[{Image src='Back2.jpg' width=565 height=565 }]
The Atari Accountant back of box CX401-1 ; Giga thanks goes to Curt Vendel from: www.atarimuseum.com\\
* [The_Atari_Accountant-General_Accounting_System_CX401-User's_Manual-OCR-Index-Print.pdf|The_Atari_Accountant-General_Accounting_System_CX401-User_s_Manual-OCR-Index-Print.pdf] ; size: 22.4 MB (#) ; (*)
* [The_Atari_Accountant-General_Accounting_System_CX401-User's_Manual-OCR-Index-Screen.pdf|The_Atari_Accountant-General_Accounting_System_CX401-User_s_Manual-OCR-Index-Screen.pdf] ; size: 14.5 MB (#) ; (*)
* [The_Atari_Accountant-General_Accounting_System_CX401-User's_Manual-Original.pdf|https://data.atariwiki.org/DOC/The_Atari_Accountant-General_Accounting_System_CX401-User's_Manual-Original.pdf] ; size: 1.87 GB ; please download only, if you intend to print it at a copy shop ; thank you ; (#)
* [The_Atari_Accountant-General_Accounting_System_CX401-Business_Manager's_Companion_Guide-OCR-Print.pdf|The_Atari_Accountant-General_Accounting_System_CX401-Business_Manager_s_Companion_Guide-OCR-Print.pdf] ; size: 3.7 MB (#) ; (**)
* [The_Atari_Accountant-General_Accounting_System_CX401-Business_Manager's_Companion_Guide-OCR-Screen.pdf|The_Atari_Accountant-General_Accounting_System_CX401-Business_Manager_s_Companion_Guide-OCR-Screen.pdf] ; size: 2.8 MB (#) ; (**)
* [The_Atari_Accountant-General_Accounting_System_CX401-Business_Manager's_Companion_Guide-Original.pdf|https://data.atariwiki.org/DOC/The_Atari_Accountant-General_Accounting_System_CX401-Business_Manager's_Companion_Guide-Original.pdf] ; size: 705.5 MB ; please download only, if you intend to print it at a copy shop ; thank you ; (#)
* [The_Atari_Accountant-General_Accounting_System_CX401-Atari_General_Accounting_System_Reference_Card-OCR-Print.pdf] ; size: 205 KB (#)
* [The_Atari_Accountant-General_Accounting_System_CX401-Atari_General_Accounting_System_Reference_Card-OCR-Screen.pdf] ; size: 148 KB (#)
* [The_Atari_Accountant-General_Accounting_System_CX401-Atari_General_Accounting_System_Reference_Card-Original.pdf|https://data.atariwiki.org/DOC/The_Atari_Accountant-General_Accounting_System_CX401-Atari_General_Accounting_System_Reference_Card-Original.pdf] ; size: 111.1 MB ; please download only, if you intend to print it at a copy shop ; thank you ; (#)
* [The_Atari_Accountant-General_Accounting_System_CX401-Warranty,_Repair_&_Register-OCR-Print.pdf] ; size: 347 KB (#)
* [The_Atari_Accountant-General_Accounting_System_CX401-Warranty,_Repair_&_Register-OCR-Screen.pdf] ; size: 239 KB (#)
* [The_Atari_Accountant-General_Accounting_System_CX401-Warranty,_Repair_&_Register-Original.pdf|https://data.atariwiki.org/DOC/The_Atari_Accountant-General_Accounting_System_CX401-Warranty,_Repair_&_Register-Original.pdf] ; size: 11.2 MB ; please download only, if you intend to print it at a copy shop ; thank you ; (#)
* [The_Atari_Accountant-General_Accounting_System_CX401-Binder-OCR-Print.pdf] ; size: 6.4 MB (#)
* [The_Atari_Accountant-General_Accounting_System_CX401-Binder-OCR-Screen.pdf] ; size: 1.7 MB (#)
* [The_Atari_Accountant-General_Accounting_System_CX401-Binder-Original.pdf|https://data.atariwiki.org/DOC/The_Atari_Accountant-General_Accounting_System_CX401-Binder-Original.pdf] ; size: 464.6 MB ; please download only, if you intend to print it at a copy shop ; thank you ; (#)
(#) big thank you to Kay Savetz for scanning all the pages at 600 dpi in color, great work ; we owe you one! :-)\\
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[{Image src='back.jpg' width=447 height=427 }]
The Atari Accountant back of box CX401-2 \\
(*) From 32 GB raw data down to the few MB shown above, with OCR, navigation menu, hyperlinks in the content and index pages. Each hyperlink has an invisible frame around the shown page number. In Adobe Reader the mouse pointer changes, when it is inside the invisible frame. Each formatted page number has the hyperlink to the shown number, so this makes the pdf file an edu-pdf file. Please take into account, that the manual has references to page xiii, which doesn't exist in the manual, to prohibit double page numbering. Therefore, page xiii matches to page 1, page xiv to page 2 and page xv to page 3. Further, there are up to 5 different hyperlinks in just one row, please see the colored arrows below:\\
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[{Image src='Diskettes1.jpg' width=610 height=650 }]
The Atari Accountant - Diskette Holder 1 ; Giga thanks goes to Curt Vendel from: www.atarimuseum.com\\
[{Image src='up_to_5_links_in_one_row.jpg' width=540 height=143 }]
The ATARI Accountant - General Accounting System - CX401 - User's Manual - hyperlinks in the index pages with frames made visible\\
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[{Image src='Diskettes2.jpg' width=610 height=700 }]
The Atari Accountant - Diskette Holder 2 ; Giga thanks goes to Curt Vendel from: www.atarimuseum.com\\
(**) With OCR, navigation menu and hyperlinks in the content pages. Each hyperlink has an invisible frame around the shown page number. In Adobe Reader the mouse pointer changes, when it is inside the invisible frame. Each formatted page number has the hyperlink to the shown number, so this makes the pdf file an edu-pdf file. The Business Manager's Companion Guide was made by Arthur Young & Company, please the picture below:\\
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[{Image src='Diskettes3.jpg' width=619 height=705 }]
The Atari Accountant - Diskette Holder 3 ; Giga thanks goes to Curt Vendel from: www.atarimuseum.com\\
[{Image src='Arthur_Young_and_Company2.jpg' width=313 height=82 }]
The ATARI Accountant - Business Manager's Companion Guide - description from Arthur Young & Company
!!Afterword
The project has shown clearly and without any doubt, how important the preservation is and that time is key! It seems, that 35 years at best possible storage is the upper limit for 5.25 in diskettes. Therefore, if there is someone out there, who is in the possession of the remaining boxes CX402 and CX403, please be so kind and contact us. We appreciate your support very, very much! The time is now or never. :-)
!!The story behind the getting of the The Atari Accountant
Coming soon...
!!Outlook
With The Atari Accountant the evidence is given, the Atari computer is not just a game machine. Indeed, it is much more than this! If some decisions have been made different, we now would speak of HCs instead of PCs. The 1982 movie of [Blade Runner|https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1] showed the vision and outlook the creators had at that time.
!!Thank you
AtariWiki would like to thank the following persons for the help in this very special project. Without their contribution, this would never have been possible:\\
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[{Image src='Diskettes4.jpg' width=535 height=590 }]
The Atari Accountant - Diskette Holder 4 ; Giga thanks goes to Curt Vendel from: www.atarimuseum.com\\
- Curt Vendel and his Atari museum [atarimuseum.com|http://www.atarimuseum.com] for lending of the box, so we could do the restauration and afterwards the investigation\\
- Kay Savetz for scanning the hundreds of pages in best 600 dpi color quality and for creating the 815-ATRs with a Happy. What a bunch of work, thank you so much Kevin! :-)\\
- a good soul from Utah (prefers to stay in the dark and is still under the Atari witness protection program) for vital information to the project\\
- Bob Woolley for all his informations about the 815 double disk drive\\
- Bill Lange for all his help, support and commitment to realize this project as well as for his findings and investigations. Great work Bill, really!\\
- Allan Bushman for all his help, support and commitment to realize this project, especially with assisting with the Kryo\\
- Floppydoc for all his help, support, time and commitment to decipher the secrets of the 815 and how to get the data from it\\
- Sascha Kriegel, especially for his fight at the hot spot, locally and in person. This work got the most boost in the project! Thank you Sascha!\\
- Ryan Goolevitch and Joachim Baßmann for their genius on how to get the f… data from the very special disks of the 815 double drive; a milestone!\\
- DjayBee from AtariAge for making the disks runnable with 'normal' drives. :-) With this and others major performances (e. g. [SynCalc+ from 1985|https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=SynCalc]), it is fair to appoint him as the King in this very important field\\
- AtariAge, without their work and platform, we could never have connected us to make this all possible. Thank you really so much!\\
- Roland B. Wassenberg for creating the pdf files for easy in use\\
- Michael Current and his [ATARI FAQ|ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/faqs/atari-8-bit/faq], without it, we might have never heard, that the project existed\\
- [Bradley Koda|http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/xe_game.htm]\\
- GoodByteXL from AtariAge\\
- Andreas Kahlenberger\\
- and many more...
!!References
* From Bill Lange's [website|http://atari8bitads.blogspot.com/search/label/Atari%20Accountant%20Series] we can take over a book, which describes more general information on the BPI Systems, Inc.’s family of accounting software, by [Dale N. Flanagan published by Tab Books in 1986|https://www.amazon.com/Practical-guide-BPI-accounting-system/dp/0830604960/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=]. As of February 2019 a copy is available for just: __$1,858.85__
* Further, again from Bill Lange: [Atari Home Computer Products Dealer Confidential Price List July 1982|https://archive.org/details/AtariHomeComputerProductsDealerConfidentialPriceListJul/page/n3]
* [Discussion on AtariAge about The Atari Accountant Series|http://atariage.com/forums/topic/288603-after-38-yearsthe-atari-accountant-cx401-holy-grail-of-atari-is-back/]
*[The Atari Accountant Series on atari8bit.net|https://atari8bit.net/the-atari-accountant/]
* [What's so specialabout the 815 on AtariAge|http://atariage.com/forums/topic/278709-whats-so-special-about-the-815/]
* [Atari 815 - what's inside on AtariAge|http://atariage.com/forums/topic/186285-atari-815-whats-inside/]
* [Atari 815 - controller source code on AtariAge|http://atariage.com/forums/topic/78379-atari-815-controller-source/] ; thank you so much Curt Vendel for saving this source code for the community. We can't say enough thank you to you! Great work!
* [Why inverted data? - Percom at88 s1pd|http://atariage.com/forums/topic/224072-percom-at88-s1pd/]
!!Images
[{Image src='329_.jpg' width=665 height=675 }]
The Atari Accountant - binder, aft view ; thanks to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com] and Kay Savetz for scanning!\\
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[{Image src='332_.jpg' width=983 height=510 }]
The Atari Accountant - box open 1 ; thanks to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com] and Kay Savetz for scanning!\\
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[{Image src='333_.jpg' width=950 height=510 }]
The Atari Accountant - box open 2 ; thanks to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com] and Kay Savetz for scanning!\\
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[{Image src='2.jpg' width=512 height=384 }]
The Atari Accountant - box open 3 ; thanks to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com] and Kay Savetz for scanning!\\
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[{Image src='334_.jpg' width=975 height=475 }]
The Atari Accountant box CX401-1 ; thanks to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com] and Kay Savetz for scanning!\\
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[{Image src='3_.jpg' width=576 height=768 }]
The Atari Accountant box CX401-2 ; thanks to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com] and Kay Savetz for scanning!\\
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[{Image src='4.jpg' width=512 height=384 }]
The Atari Accountant box CX401-3 ; thanks to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com] and Kay Savetz for scanning!\\
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[{Image src='330_.jpg' width=965 height=635 }]
The Atari Accountant - Diskette Holder 1 ; thanks to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com] and Kay Savetz for scanning!\\
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The Atari Accountant - Diskette Holder 2 ; thanks to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com] and Kay Savetz for scanning!\\
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The Atari Accountant - Diskette Label ; Giga thanks goes to Curt Vendel from: www.atarimuseum.com\\
The Atari Accountant - Diskette Label ; Giga thanks goes to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com]\\
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The ATARI 815 Double Disk Drive ; The Atari 815 Dual Disk Drive was an absolute beast. It wasn’t just two Atari 810 single-sided, single-density (SSSD), 90K capacity, 5 ¼ inch drive mechanisms in one case, it was two single-sided, double-density (SSDD), 180K capacity drive mechanisms. It required Atari CX8202 certified double-density 5 ¼ floppy diskettes and the __Atari DOS 2.0D__ disk operating system.\\
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__Atari DOS 2.0D__ disk operating system - startscreen\\
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The ATARI Accountant - screenshot 1\\
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The ATARI Accountant - screenshot 2
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The Atari Accountant description\\
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The ATARI Accountant in a price list of the early 80's ; Thank you so much Bill Lange! Great finding! :-)\\
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Atari price list from 1981\\
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The Atari Accountant - Ad from October 1981 about the end of the Atari Accountant ; Giga thanks goes to Bill Lange for finding the rare commercial! Thank you so much Bill! Great finding! :-)\\
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The Atari Accountant - Ad from early 1982 about the end of the Atari Accountant ; Giga thanks goes to Bill Lange for finding the rare commercial! Thank you so much Bill! Great finding! :-)\\
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The ATARI Accountant - ad 6 ; Thank you so much Bill Lange! Great finding! :-)\\
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The ATARI Accountant - Screenshot 1 ; Thank you so much Bill Lange! Great finding! :-)\\
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The ATARI Accountant - Screenshot 2 ; Thank you so much Bill Lange! Great finding! :-)\\
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The ATARI Accountant in a price list of the early 80's ; Thank you so much Bill Lange! Great finding! :-)\\
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The previously introduced Atari Accountant software package for small business or professional use has been priced at $1,499.85. Each of its three components, which are available separately, is priced at $499.95. They include systems for accounts and inventory control. All prices mentioned are manufacturer's suggested retail prices in the U.S. only.
The ATARI Accountant - ad 6 ; Thank you so much Bill Lange! Great finding! :-)
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