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Beagle Bros was an American software company that specialized in creating personal computing products. Their primary focus was on the Apple II family of computers. Although they ceased business in 1991, owner Mark Simonsen permitted the Beagle Bros name and logo to be included on the 30th anniversary reboot of I. O. Silver, released on December 12, 2014, by former Beagle programmer Randy Brandt.
When the Apple IIGS was released, Beagle Bros was among the first companies to release content for the platform. Both Platinum Paint and BeagleWrite GS (acquired and repackaged) are still regarded as being among the high points of commercial IIGS software.
Beagle Bros began producing add-ons for AppleWorks, its first being the MacroWorks keyboard shortcut utility by Randy Brandt. Beagle Bros programmer Alan Bird later devised an API for creating AppleWorks add-ons, which they dubbed TimeOut. TimeOut programmers Alan Bird, Randy Brandt and Rob Renstrom were tapped by Claris to develop AppleWorks 3.0, and the TimeOut API itself became a part of AppleWorks with version 4.0. Eventually the TimeOut API was made public and a number of non-Beagle TimeOut applications were released.
In 1991, Mark Simonsen licensed the Beagle Bros Apple II line to Quality Computers. Quality Computers subsequently went through several acquisitions and no longer exists. Multiple Beagle Bros products were released as freeware in the mid-1990s, including most of the company's early utilities and games. Today, their programs are available on the Internet.
BeagleWorks, the company's main Macintosh product, was licensed to WordPerfect Corporation in 1992, where it became WordPerfect Works. This product was later discontinued after WordPerfect was acquired by Novell. The company also produced a few small Macintosh and PC utilities.
Many former employees have continued to be involved in the software industry, such as Joe Holt who co-authored iMovie, and Alan Bird who worked on Eudora and the OneClick shortcut utility for Macintosh. Randy Brandt created Online Army Knife, an award-winning Macintosh spell checker, and continued publishing AppleWorks products through his JEM Software spin-off. Mark Munz created Deja ][, which allows AppleWorks to run under Mac OS X. The company's founder, Bert Kersey, started a model train company after selling Beagle Bros, and is now retired.
| Lo-res graphics and titling program |
| Hi-res graphics program |
| Hi-res shape/font editor; multiple other utilities |
| Twenty-six fonts for use with Apple Mechanic |
| Patches for various AppleWorks 3.0 modules |
| A collection of games including Buzzword!, Elevators, Hang Person, Magic Pack, Oink!, Pick-A-Pair, Quick-Draw!, Slippery Digits, Sub Search, TextTrain, Triple Digits and Wowzo, plus the Beagle Menu utility |
| An expanded version of Applesoft BASIC with various new commands |
| AppleSoft BASIC program compiler |
| Apple IIGS graphic application, formerly TopDraw |
| Graphics editor in 16-color double hi-res |
| Full-screen captionable clip art |
| Later renamed WordPerfect Works, then PerfectWorks |
| Apple ProDOS-based GUI word processor, acquired from Styleware where it had been named MultiScribe |
| Adds a clock, calendar and calculator |
| Allows import of Print Shop (8-bit) and Newsroom images |
| ProDOS utilities including CRT.WRITER, FILE.MOVER and KEYCAT.80 |
| AppleSoft program optimizer and debugger |
| Creates a virtual disk in RAM |
| DOS 3.3 enhancer and command editor |
| Various small utilities including two-way text scrolling |
| An extended memory utility allowing AppleSoft to use a second 64K bank of memory in an upgraded Apple IIe or Apple IIc |
| Disk library cataloguer |
| Tool to copy files over AppleTalk, integrated into the Finder. Beagle's first Macintosh program |
| Variable-width hi-res text utility |
| Thirty fonts for use with Shape Mechanic |
| Apple presentation program |
| Global Program Line Editor for AppleSoft BASIC programs. Originally published by Synergistic Software, 1982. |
| Font editor for AppleWorks |
| Popular strategy/action game rebooted in 2014 as a 30th anniversary mobile app |
| Macros (keyboard shortcuts)for AppleWorks 1.3 |
| Master Mind-style game |
| A three-disk series of clipart collections |
| AppleWorks 3.0 Word Processor outlining |
| Apple IIGS paint program |
| Telecommunications program |
| Dot matrix printer utility |
| Disk editor and ProDOS utilities |
| AppleSoft program editor |
| Accelerated version of DOS 3.3 with other additional features |
| Sample file disk for SuperFonts Activity Guide |
| Shape animation and |
| Various tips, tricks and utilities from Beagle Bros Tip Books 5, 6 and 7 |
| Macros (keyboard shortcuts) for AppleWorks 2.0 |
| Various add-ons for AppleWorks 2.0 and newer built on the TimeOut core technology created by Alan Bird. Includes products detailed below, plus MacroEase, MacroTools, Paint, TeleComm and Utilities |
| Calculator, Calendar, Case Converter, Clock, Data Converter, Dialer, Envelope Addresser, File Encrypter, Note Pad, Page Preview, Puzzle, Word Count |
| Area Codes, Calculator+, Clipboard Viewer, DirecTree, Disk Tester, File Search, Measurements, Printer Manager, Screen Out, Screen Printer, Stop Watches |
| File and disk utilities |
| Grammar checking for the AppleWorks Word Processor |
| Graphing for the AppleWorks Spreadsheet |
| Macro-related Timeout apps and sample macros |
| Macro-related Timeout apps and sample macros |
| Macro-related Timeout apps and sample macros |
| ASCII Values, AWP to TXT, Category Search, Desktop Sorter, File Librarian, Help Screens, Line Sorter, Program Selector, Triple Clipboard, Triple Desktop |
| Spell checking for the AppleWorks Word Processor |
| Relational reports for the Data Base and Spreadsheet |
| CelLink, Block Copy, Error Analyzer, Bird's Eye View, AutoZoom, Data Converter, Cross Reference, Formula/Value Switcher, Quick Widths, Row Column Converter |
| Wide paper printing for the AppleWorks Spreadsheet |
| Graphical fonts for the AppleWorks Word Processor |
| Form generation |
| assorted tools |
| Synonyms in the AppleWorks Word Processor |
| keylogger and macro programming language |
| One hundred tips from the Beagle Bros Tip Books |
| "Print anything" utility for dot matrix printers |
| Twenty-one separate Apple utilities |
| Sends hi-res images to any graphics-compatible printer |
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