Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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"
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Ed also created some unpublished software, including a bulletin board system and RC Total, a program to track results of radio controlled car races.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.
Tank Math: archive.org/details/tank-math-ultra-basic
Super Frogs: archive.org/details/super-frogs-ultra-basic
Funspeller: archive.org/details/superfrogs-funspeller-ultra-basic
Track Stack: archive.org/details/TrackStackUltraBasic
List of Ultrabasic games at Atarimania: atarimania.com/pgelstsoft.awp?param=publisher&value=1485&system=8&type=G
Ultrabasic, Inc.: ultrabasic.net
M.U.L.E. Online: puzzud.itch.io/mule-online
FujiNet: https://fujinet.online
Support Kay's interviews on Patreon: patreon.com/savetz
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"
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Ed also created some unpublished software, including a bulletin board system and RC Total, a program to track results of radio controlled car races.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.
Tank Math: archive.org/details/tank-math-ultra-basic
Super Frogs: archive.org/details/super-frogs-ultra-basic
Funspeller: archive.org/details/superfrogs-funspeller-ultra-basic
Track Stack: archive.org/details/TrackStackUltraBasic
List of Ultrabasic games at Atarimania: atarimania.com/pgelstsoft.awp?param=publisher&value=1485&system=8&type=G
Ultrabasic, Inc.: ultrabasic.net
M.U.L.E. Online: puzzud.itch.io/mule-online
FujiNet: https://fujinet.online
Support Kay's interviews on Patreon: patreon.com/savetz
