PC Paint 1.00A

PC Paint, from Mouse Systems Corporation, is a Macintosh MacPaint-like paint program for the PC. It was often bundled with Mouse Systems mice. Despite the similar sounding name and appearance, it is NOT related to Microsoft/ZSoft PC Paintbrush.

Mouse Systems Mice and PC Paint came to market prior to Microsoft, and were direct competition. When PC Paint was released, Microsoft did not yet have a similar paint program to bundle with their mice, so they obtained ZSoft PC Paintbrush as their own Mac Paint clone.

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Installation instructions

Note that this PCPaint executable is hard coded to only run with a Mouse Systems mouse driver. To eliminate this version check, use an emulator that emulates Mouse Systems or make the following changes to PCPAINT.EXE:

Change: 0B C0 74 02 EB 0B 8D 7E 19 To: 0B C0 90 90 EB 0B 8D 7E 19

For best results, use this program with a video card or emulator that supports CGA pallets.