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Randy Brandt, programmer of Beagle Bros and JEM Software fame, has launched a Kickstarter for “Heroes of D-Day: 101st Airborne“ – playing cards featuring WW2 mini-biographies. The Kickstarter has 23 days to go with a goal of $1,944 to fully fund the project. As Randy shared, “We are three months from the 80th anniversary of D-Day. In honor of the brave paratroopers of the 101st Airborne, I’ve created a special deck of playing cards.” Randy is passionate about history and…
Recently, Apple II programmer Brian Picchi had a chance to catch up with Beagle Bros founder, Bert Kersey. According to Picchi, Bert was surprised that so many people still remembered and were fans of Beagle. Here is the recorded video message from Bert Kersey to the Apple II community: https://www.facebook.com/bpicchi/videos/533635638687240
Hugh Hood, Longtime Apple II fan and programmer has announced a new TimeOut series product, TimeOut Edit BASIC 5.4 for Appleworks 5.1 Users TimeOut series products have long been the defacto go-to products for users of Appleworks with its series of timely and useful plugin utilities, designed to make the Appleworks a more complete package. While most users have long given up Appleworks as their production package, the programming arena is one area of usage not really foreseen as one…
A new version of the Beagle Bros game, I.O. Silver for the iPhone and iPad has been released. The iOS game, developed by Evergreen Computer Services, LLC has been updated to version 1.3, includes updates to the package for iOS 11 as well as fixing a host of items including: – Fixed a problem when bugs are released and come back on the screen, sometimes they act as if they’re squashed by a non-moving chip and vanish — to be…
Randy Brandt announced the availability of the 30th Anniversary Edition of the Beagle Bros Game I.O. Silver. According to his posting, “Looks like we made it! The 30th anniversary Edition of Beagle Bros’ I. O. Silver is now available for free download (with in-app purchases) from the Apple store. It’s been a labor of love for the past few years. Please support us by downloading it and giving it a try for free!” I.O. Silver was originally released by Beagle…
Ken Gagne of Juiced.gs has posted a very thorough profile of Mark Simonsen, former Beagle Bros programmer and owner. Mark attended Kansasfest in 2010, giving its keynote speech and participating in the annual Hackfest event which pits Apple ][ aficionados against the clock in an all out performance of their programming skills. To read the entire article, check out the Kansasfest website at: http://www.kansasfest.org/2012/01/loyal-to-the-core-simonsen/
The Beagle Bros Software Repository, managed and produced by A.P.P.L.E. Staff and Brian Wiser, have once again added a number of graphics images from the long defunct company. Beagle Bros was one of the most popular Apple ][ software companies and had a large following due to their unique style of graphics According to the Beagle Bros website, “Thanks to the efforts of Brian Wiser, we now have two new graphics sections in the Beagle Bros Software Repository. Sections 6…
Mike Maginnis, curator of the Apple II Scans website, announced the availability of the second edition of Open Apple, the podcast with he and Ken Gagne. Join them as they delve into their blast from the past and their favorite software from yesteryear. According to the releases on CSA2, “This time, Mike and Ken are joined by Ivan Drucker: two-time KansasFest alumnus, Juiced.GS staff writer, and Mac consultant based out of New York City. News this month includes a look…
by Joe Gleason II Alive Volume 1 Number 0January / February 1993 The Beagle Bros name has been synonymous with high quality software since Bert Kersey started the company twelve years ago. Kersey originally put the legend “Est. 1980” in the Beagle Bros logo as a joke-but it turned out to be no joke after all: Beagle Bros is one of the oldest and most-respected brands in the computer industry. The “Est. 1980” joke is typical of Beagle Bros’ sense…
