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#Accounting Packages

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#30757From: Gregory HeilAug 1, 1991 6:15 PM

I am looking to a good accounting program for the amiga (2000 w/hd). There seem to be two packages for sale (Best Business Mngt & Easy Ledgers. Does anyone have any experience with either of these, or another?

#30767From: C. Davey UtterAug 1, 1991 8:08 PM

I have been using PHASAR for 3 years. It is great, the support is great and I have nothing but good experiences with this program. …Dave

#30859From: Bill RobertsAug 2, 1991 8:28 PM

I agree with Dave about Phasar. I currently us 4.0 and it is very good. However, it is intended for personal accounting, and I have just bought Service Industry Accounting to handle the books for my wife's landscaping business. I am just in the process of learning to use it, but so far am not a happy camper. Of course I have just had it two days. I may be back in a couple of days asking for help.

#30933From: Tim AveryAug 3, 1991 3:26 PM

Bill- Good luck with S.I.A. It *could* have been a great program, but the Amiga accounting software market is so anemic, developers won't waste development resources on it. I doubt if S.I.A. will ever see the features it needs. It can't even do simple alphabetical sorts. You can only print accounts in the order you enter them in. Pretty lame. On the other hand, the program does have some good features, but over-all is crippled. The PC version has most of the features that you'll wish for in your version. Tim

#30909From: Gregory HeilAug 3, 1991 11:25 AM

Thanks for the info Greg

#30932From: Tim AveryAug 3, 1991 3:20 PM

Dear C. Davey Utter: I think Gregory was asking about canned business accounting packages; Phasar is more of a personal finance package. Tim

#30851From: BILL LEACHAug 2, 1991 5:01 PM

Gregory; Tried them both and settled on BBM. I know my accountant likes BBM much better than Easy Ledgers. I also do because while not an accountant (or even close!), I like to be able to look at the actual journals. An Amiga message processed by Whap!, bill

#30908From: Gregory HeilAug 3, 1991 11:24 AM

Thanks for your input Greg

#30934From: Tim AveryAug 3, 1991 3:32 PM

Bill- Did you upgrade to BBM 3.0? Previous versions couldn't handle more than one tax catagory. What about resale accounts? Lots of other problems, and an unresponsive "support" system. I liked S.A.I. better, but it too, was plagued with shortcomings. We do all of our accounting on PCs (Novell network) using a program called ELITE, which is a super version of S.I.A. for PC networks. I use an Amiga with ProPage & a LaserJet III for advertising copy. Tim

#30983From: BILL LEACHAug 4, 1991 8:03 AM

Tim; Yes I did but have not done much with it. Accounting is one of those things that I do only when the pressure is high enough! An Amiga message processed by Whap!, bill

#30931From: Tim AveryAug 3, 1991 3:18 PM

Gregory- I have experience with both. neither one of them is perfect, but Easy Ledgers is the better of the two, in my opinion. It does, however, lack some basic features…like some simple sorting , etc. Sybiz has a much better version of the same program for the IBM & compatibles (simply because the development money is going in that direction). Tim