HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
The Business Accountant:
Apple IIe or IIc
Two 5-1/4" floppy disk drives or one 5-1/4" floppy and a DOS 3.3 hard disk
Monitor
Printer
BusinessWorks:
Apple IIe or IIc
Two UniDisk 3.5 drives, or one UniDisk 3.5 drive and a RAM card, or one floppy disk drive (3-1/2" or 5-1/4") and a ProDOS hard disk.
Monitor
Printer
The Business
Accountant BusinessWorks
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System-Wide Features
Operating System DOS 3.3 ProDOS
On-line HELP No Yes
Show windows listing needed data No Yes
Password protection Yes Yes
Supports clock card Yes Yes
Modules integrate or stand-alone Yes Yes
Converts data to DIF Yes No
Converts data to AppleWorks No Yes
Uses AppleWorks filecard metaphor No Yes
Installs on Catalyst (2.0 and 3.0) No Yes
Works with Pinpoint No Yes
Loads on RAM cards No Yes
Accesses other software directly No Yes
Number of multiple companies:
removable media disk Unlimited Unlimited
hard disk 1 50
General Ledger System
Maximum number of accounts 500 1,000
# of characters in acct. description 22 22
Maximum # of monthly journal entries:
removable media disk 500-1,900* 20,000*
hard disk 2,300** 20,000*
Maximum amount for each j/e $9,999,999.99 $9,999,999.99
# of recurring journal entries 15 15
# of account types 14 14
# of reports in report queue 8 8
# of months budgeted 12 12
# of months history maintained 13 13
# of departments 99 99
# of lines per journal entry 99 99
Maximum dollar amount $43 million $43 million
Rounds financial reports to nearest $ no yes
Posts to prior months in fiscal year yes yes
Posts to future months no yes
Accounts Payable System
Maximum number of vendors:
removable media disk 500 1,000*
hard disk 6,320** 10,000*
Maximum number of transactions:
removable media disk 1,750* ***
hard disk 16,000** ***
Distribution accts. per transaction 8 8
# of payment terms 9 9
# of characters in vendor ID 8 8
# of characters in invoice # 8 8
# of characters in invoice reference 12 12
Maximum amount per transaction $999,999.99 $999,999.99
Maximum amount per check $999,999.99 $999,999.99
Invoices per check Unlimited Unlimited
# of cash accounts 1 4
Reconcile checkbook No Yes
Check voiding No Yes
Recurring payable invoices No Yes
Open credits Yes Yes
Discounts Yes Yes
Prints check with register Yes Yes
Allows handchecks Yes Yes
*The actual maximum numbers may be less than those listed, depending on the number of accounting modules you use, and/or the number of accounts, vendors, parts or customers on the system. These numbers should be used as general
guidelines. Refer to the sizing worksheets for more specific information.
**These figures reflect using a DOS 3.3 hard disk with a maximum of eight data sets.
***Limited only by disk space.
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