Oct 18, 2024
Ed Sabo, UltraBASIC
Ed Sabo, with the help of his dad, founded UltraBASIC, a
company that produced software for Atari 8-bit computers.
UltraBASIC's software for the Atari 8-bits, which was all
programmed by Ed, were:
Tank Math: "a tutored math exercise plus a bonus roman numeral
quiz"
FunSpeller: "use your own words or the fifteen word-sets
included"
SuperFrogs: "the 7 game arcade with over 10,000 variations” …
and
Track Stack: a program launcher, "stack up to 15 machine
language programs on the track stack disk"
Ed also created some unpublished software, including a
bulletin board system and RC Total, a program to track results of
radio controlled car races. The company also operated a commercial
coin op route, with video games, pinball machines, jukeboxes, and
so on.
Ed's UltraBASIC company still exists. Today, the company
specializes in transmission rebuilds, custom headers, and other
repairs for classic and custom cars.
This interview took place on August 8, 2023.