COMPUTE!’s Personal Accounting Manager for the Commodore 64 and 128 by Roland A. Frechette is a 1985 book/software package that turns a Commodore 64—or a Commodore 128 running in 64 mode—into a menu-driven personal finance and small-business accounting system. Built around the PAM program and 13 supporting routines, it uses cash-basis accounting to track income, expenses, adjustments, account balances, investments, property, unpaid bills, planned income, planned expenditures, balance sheets, and income/expense statements. The book walks the user through setting up personal data, income categories, expense accounts, bank/cash codes, monthly data disks, backup disks, reports, and printer output, while also including full BASIC program listings, typing instructions, and the Automatic Proofreader. Its goal is practical financial control: enter data once, generate organized reports, compare planned versus actual spending, monitor assets and liabilities, and better understand where money is going.