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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.\\
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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The Atari Accountant - binder, top view ; thanks to Kay Savetz for taking the picture!
The Atari Accountant - binder, top view ; thanks to Kevin Savetz for taking the picture!
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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! :-)\\
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! Bill, AtariWiki says soooo much thank you for your help in this lost be believe case.\\
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- 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 800: $759\\
- 48 KiB-RAM: 2 x $149 = $298 ; SI-unit meanwhile has changed from KB to KiB !\\
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__- 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... ;-)\\
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* [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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(##) 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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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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__- 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! :-)
!!Manuals
* [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-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-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-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-Binder-OCR-Print.pdf] ; size: 6.4 MB
* [The_Atari_Accountant-General_Accounting_System_CX401-Binder-OCR-Screen.pdf] ; size: 1.7 MB
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* [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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(###) 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.
From 32 GB, you know, down to ~22 MB.., with OCR and index and without quality loss...
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!!Manuals
Each address has the hyperlink to the shown address, so this makes the pdf an edu-pdf. Up to 5 jumps in just one row, please see the colored arrows below.
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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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* [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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(*) 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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The ATARI Accountant - General Accounting System - CX401 - User's Manual - hyperlinks in the index pages with frames made visible\\
The ATARI Accountant - General Accounting System - CX401 - User's Manual - hyperlinks in the index pages with visible frames\\
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(**) 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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The ATARI Accountant - Business Manager's Companion Guide - description from Arthur Young & Company
The ATARI Accountant - Business Manager's Companion Guide - description from Arthur Young & Company\\
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- 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! :-)\\
- Kevin 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! :-)\\
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- 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\\
- Joachim Baßmann 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\\
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- [Bradley Koda|http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/xe_game.htm]\\
- [Bradley Coda|http://www.best-electronics-ca.com/xe_game.htm]\\
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* 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__
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__
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* 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/]
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The Atari Accountant - binder, aft view ; thanks to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com] and Kay Savetz for scanning!\\
The Atari Accountant - back of box CX401 ; thanks to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com] and Kevin Savetz for scanning!\\
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The Atari Accountant - box open 1 ; thanks to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com] and Kay Savetz for scanning!\\
The Atari Accountant - box open 1 ; thanks to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com] and Kevin Savetz for scanning!\\
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The Atari Accountant - box open 2 ; thanks to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com] and Kay Savetz for scanning!\\
The Atari Accountant - box open 2 ; thanks to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com] and Kevin Savetz for scanning!\\
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The Atari Accountant - box open 3 ; thanks to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com] and Kay Savetz for scanning!\\
The Atari Accountant - box open 3 ; thanks to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com] and Kevin Savetz for scanning!\\
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The Atari Accountant box CX401-1 ; thanks to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com] and Kay Savetz for scanning!\\
The Atari Accountant box CX401-1 ; thanks to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com] and Kevin Savetz for scanning!\\
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The Atari Accountant box CX401-2 ; thanks to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com] and Kay Savetz for scanning!\\
The Atari Accountant box CX401-2 ; thanks to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com] and Kevin Savetz for scanning!\\
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The Atari Accountant box CX401-3 ; thanks to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com] and Kay Savetz for scanning!\\
The Atari Accountant box CX401-3 ; thanks to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com] and Kevin Savetz for scanning!\\
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The Atari Accountant - Diskette Holder 1 ; thanks to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com] and Kay Savetz for scanning!\\
The Atari Accountant - Diskette Holder 1 ; thanks to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com] and Kevin 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!\\
The Atari Accountant - Diskette Holder 2 ; thanks to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com] and Kevin Savetz for scanning!\\
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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\\
The ATARI Accountant - Screenshot 1\\
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The ATARI Accountant - screenshot 2
The ATARI Accountant - Screenshot 2\\
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