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In article <669@mmlai.UUCP> barash@mmlai.UUCP (Rev. Steve C. Barash) writes:
>Whatever happened to the Beagle Brothers (a.k.a. Bert Kersey) ?
>Back in the early 80's they put out a bunch of wild'n'crazy programs,
>tools, games, and other out-of-control hacks for the Apple ][.
>
>They'd sell their software cheap, and un-copy-protected.
>[lots of neat info deleted]
>Steve Barash @ Martin Marietta Labs
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	I answered this question a few weeks ago in a much
lengthier fashion, if I remember correctly. So if your news server keeps
a big backlog of articles (I doubt any do that long), you could try to
look in past articles for this same general subject.
	But a few years ago they realized they could make lots of $$$
off of AppleWorks enhancements.. In fact, they are included in the 
copyright screen for AppleWorks 3.0 for writing part of it. [Or a few
people from Beagle Brothers.. I forget exactly]
	I just realized that now as I type this I have three posters in
front of me (among lots of others), "APPLE COMMANDS", "Peeks, Pokes and
Pointers", and "6502 Instructions", all three of which are Beagle Brothers
posters.
	Alas, just like Apple Computer [i.e. Woz leaving and their
virtual lack of support for the // series... although it seems to be 
a LOT better lately as they realize their cash cow will die soon if they
don't keep it alive], Beagle Brothers seems to have "gotten a little bluer"
after making lots of money. They no longer make new Applesoft (or DOS/
ProDOS) or programming enhancements, although they still sell a few of
them. The rest they let people download FOR FREE (I applaud that!) off
of their BBS.
	But I received their new catalog a few weeks ago, and it's a
LOT slicker, which is perfectly fine.. But it has no more of the little
BASIC programs in teeny print to type in and try.. It had a VERY few
humorous cartoons, but their style has changed considerably.
	Well, this ended up a lot longer than I thought it was gonna be. 
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