Batteries Included (
BI) was a
computer software and
hardware company based in the
Toronto area. It was best known in the 1980s for its popular PaperClip
word processor, which was available for the
Atari 8-bit family and
Commodore. BI began as a small, family run retail shop, started by brothers Alan and Robbie Krofchick and their sister Marcie Swartz. Eventually, BI turned into an international, multimillion-dollar company. BI was sold to
Electronic Arts in 1987.