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As someone who coveted the Apple //c in high school, I absolutely loved this. Does anyone remember Beagle Bros software?

by gregd 6y ago

eludwig 6y ago
I worked a second job in 1984 to score an Apple //c! I still have it safely tucked away in storage and had an opportunity to fire it up a couple of years ago. It worked perfectly. Beagle Bros...oh yes. I so loved their software. Those guys had such a cool, retro aesthetic and the code was so much fun. Like Monty Python, but for BASIC. Such great times. I wanted a Mac so bad though, but there was no way to afford that, even with two jobs. Programming my //c in assembly led me 3 years later to my first programming job (I was a staff artist at a Children's book publisher) -- programming the Mac in 68K assembler! So I ended up with a Mac anyway, if only at work. The //c was such a sweet little machine!
- gregd 6y ago
  Slightly jealous of your //c.
colanderman 6y ago
I probably owe Beagle Bros most of the credit for nurturing my lifelong interest in computers. (My father gets the rest for giving me the things in the first place!) How many hours I spent poring through those charts and books of peeks and pokes and two-liners. I want a way to recreate that magic for the youth of today. I had //e. The only thing I coveted more than a //c was a Laser 128EX/2. (OK and maybe a IIGS and a Mac…)
- gregd 6y ago
  Me too! They single-handedly got me interested in "making a computer do stuff" with those charts of peeks and pokes! Here I am ~35 years later and I'm still making computers do stuff. Well I started on a TRS-80 but quickly became obsessed when I got my hands on a II plus and then an IIe. I never got to use a //c but remember a friend got one. It was as close to portable as you could get then and I remember wanting one really badly.
lowdest 6y ago
The Beagle Bros "Big Tip Book for the Apple II Series" was the only programming text I had in 1989, and no internet yet nor did I know anyone who knew about programming as I was 10 years old. That was my favorite book as I thought it was hilarious and I learned Basic from it and a bit of assembly. Changed the direction of my life for sure.
- gregd 6y ago
  I love stories like this..ones that hit you as a child that completely change the direction of your life.
EvanAnderson 6y ago
Their floppy disk care icons were hilarious: https://thisisagoodsign.wordpress.com/2016/04/26/beagle-bros-floppy-disk-warnings/ https://thisisagoodsign.wordpress.com/2016/04/26/beagle-bros...
- gregd 6y ago
  Speaking of floppy's I remember the brand to get for the Apple machines at that time was Elephant. Because "an elephant never forgets".
acomjean 6y ago
I remember Beagle Brothers tip sheets. I had a program disk "Silicon Salad" from them. I remember a couple programs. One was a "pop corn texts" where the letters would explode up to form a title page. The other would spin disk a, then spin disk b , faster and faster like a train... I feared for the drives (it was my moms work computer), but it was fun. (We had a //e with the double drives) I guess some have tried to interview the guys behind that company, but they're not talking .
blakespot 6y ago
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As someone who coveted the Apple //c in high school, I absolutely loved this. Does anyone remember Beagle Bros software?

by gregd 6y ago

As someone who coveted the Apple //c in high school, I absolutely loved this. Does anyone remember Beagle Bros software?

eludwig 6y ago

I worked a second job in 1984 to score an Apple //c! I still have it safely tucked away in storage and had an opportunity to fire it up a couple of years ago. It worked perfectly. Beagle Bros...oh yes. I so loved their software. Those guys had such a cool, retro aesthetic and the code was so much fun. Like Monty Python, but for BASIC. Such great times. I wanted a Mac so bad though, but there was no way to afford that, even with two jobs. Programming my //c in assembly led me 3 years later to my first programming job (I was a staff artist at a Children's book publisher) -- programming the Mac in 68K assembler! So I ended up with a Mac anyway, if only at work. The //c was such a sweet little machine!

gregd 6y ago
Slightly jealous of your //c.

colanderman 6y ago

I probably owe Beagle Bros most of the credit for nurturing my lifelong interest in computers. (My father gets the rest for giving me the things in the first place!) How many hours I spent poring through those charts and books of peeks and pokes and two-liners. I want a way to recreate that magic for the youth of today. I had //e. The only thing I coveted more than a //c was a Laser 128EX/2. (OK and maybe a IIGS and a Mac…)

gregd 6y ago
Me too! They single-handedly got me interested in "making a computer do stuff" with those charts of peeks and pokes! Here I am ~35 years later and I'm still making computers do stuff. Well I started on a TRS-80 but quickly became obsessed when I got my hands on a II plus and then an IIe. I never got to use a //c but remember a friend got one. It was as close to portable as you could get then and I remember wanting one really badly.

lowdest 6y ago

The Beagle Bros "Big Tip Book for the Apple II Series" was the only programming text I had in 1989, and no internet yet nor did I know anyone who knew about programming as I was 10 years old. That was my favorite book as I thought it was hilarious and I learned Basic from it and a bit of assembly. Changed the direction of my life for sure.

gregd 6y ago
I love stories like this..ones that hit you as a child that completely change the direction of your life.

EvanAnderson 6y ago

Their floppy disk care icons were hilarious: https://thisisagoodsign.wordpress.com/2016/04/26/beagle-bros-floppy-disk-warnings/ https://thisisagoodsign.wordpress.com/2016/04/26/beagle-bros...

gregd 6y ago
Speaking of floppy's I remember the brand to get for the Apple machines at that time was Elephant. Because "an elephant never forgets".

acomjean 6y ago

I remember Beagle Brothers tip sheets. I had a program disk "Silicon Salad" from them. I remember a couple programs. One was a "pop corn texts" where the letters would explode up to form a title page. The other would spin disk a, then spin disk b , faster and faster like a train... I feared for the drives (it was my moms work computer), but it was fun. (We had a //e with the double drives) I guess some have tried to interview the guys behind that company, but they're not talking .

blakespot 6y ago

You can remember them every day, if you like! https://www.vintagetechstickers.com https://www.vintagetechstickers.com