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LightningPaint

LightningPaint was a monochrome, grayscale bitmap graphics editor for the Apple Macintosh series of personal computers. Written in Lightspeed C, the program was similar to MacPaint, but distributed as shareware long after Apple stopped bundling MacPaint with new computers.

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LightningPaint was a monochrome, grayscale bitmap graphics editor for the Apple Macintosh series of personal computers.1 Written in Lightspeed C, the program was similar to MacPaint, but distributed as shareware2 long after Apple stopped bundling MacPaint with new computers.

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  1. Bilbo, Mark; Maki, Ken (1992). "Chapter Twenty-Five: Using LightningPaint". Big Mac Secrets. Carmel, IN: Que Corporation. pp. 1019–1080. ISBN 0-88022-992-6.
  2. Prevost, Ruffin; Terrell, Rob (1994). "Chapter 9: Graphics & Clip Art". The Mac Shareware 500: The Last Word on the Best Virus-Free Mac Shareware, Second Edition. Ventana Press. pp. 229–230. ISBN 1-56604-076-0.
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