Item    2659297                 93/10/31        04:48
From:   CHECKSUM@SIRIUS.COM@INTERNET#   Internet Gateway II
Subject: Re: Checksum Information

ACCOUNTING Software for NeXTSTEP 3.0 & 3.1 (Intel & NeXT)

CONTACT:
         Andreas Glocker
         Sirius Solutions, Inc.
         340 Townsend St. Ste. 540
         San Francisco, CA 94107
         (415) 957-1921 fax
         (415) 957-9044
         e-mail: checksum@sirius.com

CheckSum is a financial management system designed and marketed by Sirius 
Solutions.

Feature List

# Single User Accounting Application Developed for NEXTSTEP.
# Specially Designed for Personal and Small Business Use.
# Reconciles Accounts.

# Generates Balance Sheets and Income Statements.
# Import / Export QIF, and CheckSum Text format.
# Features RTF and ASCII Cut & Paste Reporting
# Quick Key Category Entry.
# Categorizes Income and Expense with Precision. Consolidates Accounts.


Price                                    $ 95.-

Educational Price                        $ 75.-

Sold directly through Sirius Solutions and participating retailers.


FTP 'ing CheckSum

Posted on:  cs.orst.edu

Directory:  /pub/next/demos/spreadsheets/          (sp ?)
Program:   CheckSumDemo1_1.pkg.tar

You must be at a site connected to the internet and be
able to run ftp (Try 'man ftp' for more info on ftp).

at the prompt type:

machine> ftp cs.orst.edu
login: anonymous
password: yourname@yourdomain
ftp> cd pub/next/demo/spreadsheets
ftp> binary
ftp> get CheckSumDemo1_1_README
ftp> get CheckSumDemo1_1.pkg.tar.Z
ftp> quit
machine> uncompress CheckSumDemo1_1.pkg.tar.Z
machine> tar xf CheckSumDemo1_1.pkg.tar

That's it for help on ftp you can type ? followed by a topic.


CheckSum System and Accounts

Setting up a new system of accounts in CheckSum is a simple, menu-driven
process.  CheckSum was designed to address the everyday personal and small
business accounting needs of non-accountants.  You don't have to be an 
expert to use CheckSum.  We have integrated basic accounting concepts into
the application while making the process of keeping track of your finances 
more intuitive to the layperson.  CheckSum's powerful special features 
automate the double-entry bookkeeping and eliminate some other cumbersome
procedures in traditional accounting.  However, it's important that you understand some basic concepts of accounting and how they are implemented
in CheckSum before you begin.

     In CheckSum, a System is a discreet set of interrelated accounts.  
You can think of it as a structure that encompasses all your financial 
relationships under one roof. When you create more than one system, the
accounts in one system are kept completely separate from those in the 
other system.  For example, if you kept your parents' books, their bank
accounts and credit card accounts could be organized in a unique package, 
or system, so as not to get confused with your own accounts.

     Accounts in CheckSum are more flexible than accounts in traditional 
accounting methods. You may set up assets, cash, or liability accounts 
that mimic concepts in a chart of accounts. But, CheckSum also allows you
to track your obligations to particular entities in a format that reflects 
an everyday understanding of record keeping.  You can track your checking
account transactions in one account, regardless of who you write checks to.
You can track your credit card in one account in a way that reflects the
statement you receive from your credit card company.

  Categories are codes used to identify a transaction's purpose and to 
group transactions together in order to develop meaningful figures and 
reports. Using the category feature wisely will allow you to extract
sophisticated summary information from your accounts.  Expenses will be 
easily organized for tax preparation or budget plans. The categories feature
is one of the powerful tools CheckSum uses to track complicated personal financial information.

General

CheckSum provides the user with a system for managing all their various 
accounts (such as cash, checking, savings, credit card, property, 
equipment, etc.) and the ability to consolidate them into a complete 
financial picture, either as a Balance Sheet or a period sensitive Income
Statement. Furthermore CheckSum provides the ability to create multiple 
layers of categories through which one can analyze expenditures for tax or
budgeting purposes.

CheckSum provides many time saving features, such as automatic transfers 
between accounts, fast-key category input, memorized transaction for
reoccurring entries and quick check printing, CheckSum's input screen is 
as easy to use as a checking account register, but provides the user
with the date=a that can both inform and guide their financial decisions.

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