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Paintbox (software)

Paintbox was a graphics utility released for the ZX Spectrum 48K in 1983. Published by Print'n'Plotter Products Ltd in the UK and latter re-released by Erbe Software S.A. in Spain. The program was written by Joe Gillespie.

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Paintbox
Original authorJoe Gillespie1
DeveloperPrint'n'Plotter Products Ltd
Release1983 (1983)
Stable release
Paint Plus / 1985
Operating systemZX Spectrum
Typebitmap graphics editor
LicenseProprietary

Paintbox was a graphics utility released for the ZX Spectrum 48K in 1983.2 Published by Print'n'Plotter Products Ltd in the UK and latter re-released by Erbe Software S.A. in Spain. The program was written by Joe Gillespie.1

In 1985 a second version was released under the name of Paint Plus, featuring a user-defined graphics editor, precision plotter, screen planner and an organizer.34

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References

References

  1. Freebrey, Peter (October 1984). "Art for Art's Sake". Your Spectrum. No. 8. Sportscene Specialist Press. pp. 37–38. ISSN 0269-6983.
  2. "Paintbox at Spectrum Computing". Spectrum Computing.
  3. Frey, Franco (October 1985). "TECH NICHE: PAINT PLUS and the SCREEN MACHINE". Crash. No. 21. Newsfield Limited. pp. 100–101. ISSN 0954-8661.
  4. "Paint Plus at Spectrum Computing". Spectrum Computing.
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