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A N T E L O P E S Y S T E M S
L O A N A M O R T I Z A T I O N
R E F E R E N C E M A N U A L
Antelope Systems Amortization Package
Version 1.0
Antelope Systems Amortization Program
Copyright (c) 1989 Antelope Systems
All Rights Reserved
Antelope Systems Loan Amortization Reference Manual
Copyright (c) 1989 Antelope Systems
All Rights Reserved
The contents of this manual and the software described herein may not be copied
or reproduced in whole or in part by any method, except with the express written
permission of Antelope Systems.
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
Chapter 1 - Features .................................................... 1
Chapter 2 - Installation ................................................ 2
Floppy Diskette Installation with One Drive .............. 2
Floppy Diskette Installation with Two Drives ............. 2
Hard Disk Installation ................................... 3
Chapter 3 - Screen and Key Usage ........................................ 4
Starting from a Floppy Diskette .......................... 4
Starting from a Hard Disk ................................ 4
Loan Input Screen ........................................ 4
Monochrome Mode ....................................... 4
Loan Title Field ...................................... 4
Date of Loan Field .................................... 5
Subtotal Month Field .................................. 5
Principal Amount Field ................................ 5
Interest Rate Field ................................... 5
Frequency of Payments Field ........................... 5
Number of Payments Field .............................. 5
Payment Amount Field .................................. 6
Output Option Field ................................... 6
Disk File Name Field .................................. 6
Screen Verification Field ............................. 6
Help Screen .............................................. 6
Key Usage ................................................ 6
Up Arrow Key .......................................... 7
Down Arrow Key ........................................ 7
Home Key .............................................. 7
End Key ............................................... 7
Insert Key ............................................ 7
Delete Key ............................................ 7
Tab Key ............................................... 8
F1 Key ................................................ 8
F2 Key ................................................ 8
F3 Key ................................................ 8
F4 Key ................................................ 8
Enter/Return Key ...................................... 8
Escape Key ............................................ 8
Chapter 4 - Computing Loans ............................................. 9
Finding the Payment Amount ............................... 9
Finding the Number of Payments ........................... 13
Finding the Initial Principal Amount ..................... 14
Finding the Interest Rate ................................ 15
Alternate Payment Schedules .............................. 16
Quarterly Payments .................................... 16
Semiannual Payments ................................... 17
Annual Payments ....................................... 18
Ending the Session ....................................... 18
Chapter 5 - Amortization Schedule ....................................... 19
Output to Screen ......................................... 19
Output to Printer ........................................ 19
Output to an ASCII File .................................. 19
Format of Schedule......................................... 19
Headings .............................................. 20
Subheadings ........................................... 20
Detail Lines .......................................... 20
Subtotals ............................................. 21
Grand Total ........................................... 21
Chapter 6 - Techniques .................................................. 22
Balloon Payments ......................................... 22
Interest Only Loans ...................................... 24
Interest Free Loans ...................................... 25
Fixed Principal Payment .................................. 26
Adjustable Rate Mortgages ................................ 27
Additional Payments ...................................... 31
Negative Amortization .................................... 33