!!!The Atari Accountant series, Copyright (C) 1981 by Atari, Inc. and BPI Systems, Inc. and Arthur Young & Co.

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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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The Atari Accountant - binder, top view ; thanks to Kevin Savetz for taking the picture!

!!Foreword

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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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!

!!CX401: General Accounting System (4 SSDD Diskettes)

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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The ATARI Accountant - screenshot 2 from General Accounting System; Thank you so much Bill Lange! Great finding! :-)\\
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!!CX402: Accounts Receivable System (4 SSDD Diskettes)

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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!!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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Estimated availability third quarter 1981
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The ATARI Accountant - screenshot 4 from Inventory Control System; Thank you so much Bill Lange! Great finding! :-)

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!!Afterword

!!The story behind the getting of the The Atari Accountant

!!Outlook

!!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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- 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\\
- 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! :-)\\
- 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!\\
- 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.\\
- 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, the project existed\\
- [Bradley Coda|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__

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The Atari Accountant description\\
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The Atari Accountant box CX401-1 ; Giga thanks goes to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com]\\
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The Atari Accountant box CX401-2 \\
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The Atari Accountant box CX401-Content 1 ; Giga thanks goes to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com]\\
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The Atari Accountant box CX401-Content 2 ; Giga thanks goes to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com]\\
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The Atari Accountant binder CX401 \\
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The Atari Accountant back of box CX401-1 ; Giga thanks goes to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com]\\
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The Atari Accountant back of box CX401-2 \\
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The Atari Accountant - Diskette Holder 1 ; Giga thanks goes to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com]\\
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The Atari Accountant - Diskette Holder 2 ; Giga thanks goes to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com]\\
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The Atari Accountant - Diskette Holder 3 ; Giga thanks goes to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com]\\
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The Atari Accountant - Diskette Holder 4 ; Giga thanks goes to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com]\\
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The Atari Accountant Diskette CX8203\\
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The Atari Accountant Diskette CX8204\\
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The Atari Accountant Diskette CX8205 \\
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The Atari Accountant Diskette CX8206 \\
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The Atari Accountant Diskette CX8202 \\
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The Atari Accountant - Diskette Label ; Giga thanks goes to Curt Vendel from the [Atarimuseum.com|https://www.atarimuseum.com]\\
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!!ADs
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The Atari Accountant - Ad from November 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 1 ; Thank you so much Bill Lange! Great finding! :-)\\
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The ATARI Accountant - ad 2 ; Thank you so much Bill Lange! Great finding! :-)\\
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The ATARI Accountant - ad 3 ; Thank you so much Bill Lange! Great finding! :-)\\
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The ATARI Accountant - ad 4 ; Thank you so much Bill Lange! Great finding! :-)\\
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The ATARI Accountant - ad 5 ; Thank you so much Bill Lange! Great finding! :-)\\
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The ATARI Accountant - sample printouts ; Thank you so much Bill Lange! 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! :-)