┬EFORE ACTUALLY GETTING STARTED WITH ├=HECKBOOK 64, ╔ WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU MAKE A BACKUP COPY, AND THAT YOU PUT ONLY THE ├=HECKBOOK 64 PROGRAMS ON THE DISK YOU PLAN TO USE. ├=HECKBOOK 64 WILL DO A LOT OF WRITING TO DISK, AND SCRATCHING, AND RE-WRITING.
╔MMEDIATELY AFTER LOADING ├=HECKBOOK 64, YOU'LL BE ASKED TO ENTER THE DATE. ╠IMIT THE DATE TO ╬╧ ═╧╥┼ ╘╚┴╬ 8 DIGITS (6 IS EVEN BETTER). ╘HE FORMAT ╔ HAD IN MIND WAS "YYMMDD" (╩ANUARY 3, 1957 BECOMES 570103). ╒SE WHATEVER YOU LIKE, EXCEPT USE ╬╧ ├╧══┴╙.
╘HE FIRST TIME YOU RUN THE PROGRAM, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO ENTER YOUR ACCOUNT DATA, I.E. BANK NAME, ACCOUNT NUMBER, AND BEGINNING BALANCE. ├=HECKBOOK 64 WILL THEN WRITE 3 FILES TO DISK: "<-╔╬╞╧.├", "<-╥┼╟╔╙╘┼╥.├", AND "<-┬╔╠╠╙". ┴FTER THIS, YOU WILL GO TO THE MAIN MENU AFTER ENETERING THE DATE.
╘O BEGIN YOUR CHECKBOOK, ╔ WOULD SUGGEST THAT DURING THE ACCOUNT SETUP THAT YOU ENTER THE AMOUNT ON YOUR LAST MONTHLY STATEMENT AS THE "BEGINNING BALANCE". ╘HEN, ENTER ALL TRANSACTIONS YOU'VE MADE SINCE THEN. ╘HIS WILL START YOU OFF WITH A GOOD REGISTER THAT SHOULDN'T NEED SPECIAL ADJUSTMENTS WHEN YOUR NEXT STATEMENT COMES IN.
[╨] IS PROVIDED TO SIMPLIFY ENTERING BILLS WHICH ARE ROUTINELY PAID MONTH BY MONTH. ┬EFORE USING THIS OPTION, THOUGH, YOU NEED TO DEFINE YOUR MONTHLY BILLS USING [═]. [╘HE PRIMARY REASON FOR THIS IS TO PROVIDE FOR A FUTURE CHECK PRINTING ROUTINE. ╘HERE ARE CHECKS AVAILABLE TO FIT MOST PRINTERS.]
╥EVIEW ╥EGISTER
┘OU MAY PRINT YOUR CURRENT REGISTER TO (S)CREEN, OR (P)RINTER. ╧NLY OUTSTANDING TRANSACTIONS ARE LISTED HERE.
┬ALANCE ┴CCOUNT
[┬] ALLOWS YOU TO RECONCILE YOUR MONTHLY BANK STATEMENT. ╔ HAVE PUT A NUMBER OF SAFEGUARDS HERE THAT ╔ HOPE YOU NEVER HAVE TO USE. (╔ HOPE YOU KEEP YOUR BOOKS MORE UP TO DATE THAN ╔ DO MINE.)
╧N SELECTING [┬], YOU WILL BE ASKED TO ENTER THE ENDING BALANCE SHOWN ON YOUR BANK STATEMENT. ╘HEN, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO ENTER THE STATEMENT DATE (THIS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO MONTH AND YEAR, I.E. ╩┴╬89). ╒SE ANY FORMAT YOU LIKE, BUT ╬╧α├╧══┴╙, AND NO MORE THAN 12 CHARACTERS.
┴FTER ENTERING THE STATEMENT DATE, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO ENTER ANY SERVICE ANY SERVICE CHARGES. ┘OU SHOULD ENTER THE TOTAL OF ALL SERVICE CHARGES, BUT IF YOU LIKE, ENTER ONLY THE NORMAL MONTHLY CHARGE (YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER OTHER TRANSACTIONS BEFORE COMPLETING THE RECONCILIATION).
╬EXT, EACH TRANSACTION YOU HAVE RECORDED WILL BE DISPLAYED ONE BY ONE. ┘OU WILL BE ASKED IF THE TRANSACTION IS ON YOUR MONTHLY STATEMENT. ┴NSWER "┘" IF THE TRANSACTION IS ON YOUR STATEMENT, EVEN IF THE AMOUNT IS ╫╥╧╬╟. ╔F THE TRANSACTION IS ON YOUR STATEMENT, YOU WILL BE ASKED IF THE AMOUNT IS CORRECT. ╔F NOT, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO ENTER THE CORRECT AMOUNT. ╧NCE YOU HAVE CORRECTED THE AMOUNT (IF NECESSARY), ALL ACCOUNT BALANCES WILL BE ADJUSTED TO REFLECT THE CORRECT AMOUNT.
┴FTER COMPLETING THIS PART OF THE RECONCILIATION, YOU WILL BE ASKED IF THERE ARE TRANSACTIONS ON YOUR STATEMENT THAT WERE NOT RECORDED IN THE REGISTER (I.E.YOU FOR GOT TO ENTER THAT WITHDRAWAL FROM THE AUTOMATIC TELLER). ╔F THERE ARE, YOU MAY ENTER THEM NOW, OR ABORT THE RECONCILIATION AND CHECK WITH THE BANK (AFTER ALL IT MAY BE THEIR ERROR).
╔F YOU CHOOSE TO ENTER THE TRANSACTIONS, YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THEM. ┘OU MAY CHOOSE:
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[├] ├╚┼├╦╙
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┴RKIVES
╙ELECTING (┴), WILL ALLOW YOU TO VIEW A PREVIOUS MONTH'S REGISTER. ┴FTER SUPPLY THE ARCHIVE DISK, YOU WILL BE GIVEN A LIST OF ALL ARCHIVE FILES ON THE DISK. ┼NTER THE DESIRED FILE, THEN CHOOSE TO PRINT THE ARCHIVE TO (S)CREEN, OR (P)RINTER. ╧N THE ARCHIVE REGISTER, TRANSACTIONS WHICH WERE OUTSTANDING AT THE TIME RECONCILIATION WAS MADE WILL BE SHOWN IN REVERSE.
*** ╬╧╘┼: ╔F YOU RUN THIS PROGRAM ON A ├=128 IN ├=64 MODE, (OR EVEN WITH A ├=64) WITH A 1571 DRIVE, ENSURE THAT THE DRIVE IS IN 71 MODE BEFOE RUNNING THE PROGRAM. ╫HEN THE 1571 IS IN 41 MODE THE DIRECTORY OF ARCHIVES WILL NOT DISPLAY (AT LEAST IT WON'T ON MINE). ╔'VE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM IN 71 MODE READING EITHER SINGLE OR DOUBLE SIDED DISKS, AND 41'S WORK LIKE A CHAMP, BUT WHEN A 71 IS IN 41 MODE STRANGE THINGS SEEM TO HAPPEN. (╞OR THE RECORD, ╔ DO NOT BELIEVE THE PROBLEM TO THE PROGRAM. ╔'VE HAD TERRIBLE TROUBLE WITH OTHER PROGRAMS ON THE 71 WHEN IN 41 MODE. ╙OME WERE EVEN COMMERCIAL PROGRAMS, LIKE THE COMPILER ╔ USED.) ╔F YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THIS (MAYBE YOU FORGET TO GO INTO 71 MODE ON A 71) DON'T WORRY, YOUR REGISTER IS UPDATED (IF NEED BE) BEFORE DISPLAYING THE DIRECTORY OF THE ARCHIVE DISK. ┴LL ACCOUNT INFORMATION WILL BE IN TACT. ╩UST RUN THE PROGRAM AGAIN.
═ODIFY ┬ILLS ╞ILE
╧N SELECTING [═], YOU MAY (┴)DD A BILL OR (─)ELETE A BILL. ├HOOSE (╞) WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED. ─╧ ╬╧╘ ┼╬╘┼╥ MORE THAM 20 BILLS.
┼XITING
╫HEN YOU SELECT [╪], YOUR REGISTER WILL BE UPDATED, AND THE DISK WILL BE VALIDATED. (╙INCE THERE IS A LOT OF SCRATCHING AND REWRITING OF FILES, ╔ THOUGHT THIS A NECESSARY PROCEDURE.) ┴FTER VALIDATION IS COMPLETE, YOU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU WANT TO BACKUP YOUR ACCOUNT DATA. ╨╠┼┴╙┼ ─╧. ╒SE A DIFFERENT DISK. ╘HE FILE NAMES WILL BE IDENTICAL. ┴FTER YOUR BACKUP IS COMPLETE, OR ON CHOOSING NOT TO BACKUP YOUR DATA, YOU WILL BE TAKEN BACK TO BASIC.
╞INAL WORDS
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