PCPaint
Mouse-driven GUI paint program, 1984–1989 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with PC Paintbrush or Microsoft Paint.
PCPaint was one of the first IBM PC-based mouse-driven GUI paint programs, released in 1984. It followed after Microsoft Doodle, released in 1983 with the Microsoft Mouse version 1 drivers for DOS, and around the same time as Digital Research’s Draw program. It was developed by John Bridges and Doug Wolfgram. It was later developed into Pictor Paint.
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Quick Facts Original author(s), Developer(s) ...
Original author(s) | John Bridges Doug Wolfgram |
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Developer(s) | Microtex Industries for Mouse Systems |
Initial release | 1984; 40 years ago (1984) |
Stable release | PCPaint 3.1
/ 1989; 35 years ago (1989) |
Operating system | DOS |
Type | Graphics software |
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The hardware manufacturer Mouse Systems bundled PCPaint with millions of computer mice that they sold, making PCPaint one of the best-selling DOS-based paint program of the late 1980s.