ANTIC Interview 334 - Matthew McGinley, Elite Personal Accountant

Matthew McGinley, Elite Personal Accountant Matthew McGinley was the creator and publisher of Elite Personal Accountant, financial management software for the Atari computer. He released it in mid-1985 after working on it for several years. The review of Elite Personal Accountant by Stephen Roquemore in Antic magazine said, "This new program from a small company has just about every capability built into it that anyone could dream up. And the manual is one of the finest I have ever encountered. ... Elite Personal Accountant will handle 79 categories divided into income, expense, asset, and liability groups. As many as nine credit cards are handled separately, but counted as liabilities. There are 17 different transaction codes available. The reporting capabilities go well beyond the competition, with an option that allows you (within limits) to design your own reports." I found Matthew through an eBay listing, where he is selling the source code disks, printouts, and development notes. This interview took place on April 10, 2018. "Being stuck on certain routines that would give me an error, and I knew there must have been a simple answer. So I'd be going off to sleep, and I'd wake up two hours later. My mind was — ah, that's it! " Elite Personal Accountant on ebay Elite Personal Accountant review in Antic magazine Joyeuse 44, by Swan Starling