Beagle Brothers

July 4, 2004

I used the Apple // a lot in my formative years. One of the wackier Apple software development houses was Beagle Brothers, who produced a combination of utilities, games, and crazy demo disks. As I was browsing the Beagle Brothers online museum, I was struck by the simple, clear ethos expressed in this image:

Beagle Brothers: Our programs are FUN to use. Our instructions are CLEAR and complete.

That neatly sums up my experience with Beagle Brothers software. It expresses the sheer joy of playing with the machine, an artifact of an earlier era of computing.

I think it also serves as valuable remember today: this stuff is supposed to be fun. When was the last time you could say that about software you've used? Software you've written?

Posted by Jeff Atwood
4 Comments

It's just "Beagle Bros" (no period), not "Brothers".

Sean on June 27, 2006 2:49 AM

Well, I just bought an old Apple IIgs so that I could enjoy computers again. Yes I will be looking for Beagle Bro software for the thing too.

Eric on January 5, 2008 12:37 PM

aaaaaaah, the good old days :-)

Amgad on March 11, 2009 2:46 AM

And am I the only one who thought of DuckTales when seeing the title?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beagle_Boys

Miff on March 11, 2009 7:01 AM

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