Perhaps the first 256-color paint program for the Mac, PixelPaint was
developed by Pixel Resources and published by SuperMac. It was
positioned as a software showcase for the latter company?s new
Spectrum 8-bit color video card for the Mac II and accompanying 19?
monitor, introduced at MacWorld Expo Boston in August 1987.
Journalists noted that besides SuperMac, vendors such as PCPC
(Personal Computer Peripherals Co.) and Mitsubishi were also shipping
large-screen displays that would show off the software to good effect.
Top DL: PixelPaint 1.0, the application only, in .hqx (Binhex 4.0)
wrapper.
2nd DL: PixelPaint.Spectrum 1.0 application and Art files floppy disk
set in Disk Copy 6.x image format, StuffIt compressed.
3rd DL: PixelPaint 1.1. Two disk set of program and example files.
Folder copy of original disks.
4th DL: PixelPaint Viewer 0.5 Stand Alone viewer for PixelPaint images
Added: scanned 1988 APC (Australian Personal Computer) review of
PixelPaint 1.0 as PDF (see Manual DL above). For this review
PixelPaint 1.0 was tested on a Macintosh II. PixelPaint's Australian
purchase cost at the time, had a recommended retail price of AU$998.
Compatibility
Architecture: 68k
Macintosh II only.
PixelPaint 1.0 & 1.1 (1st & 3rd DLs) requires a Macintosh II - it runs
OK on the '020 Mac II version of Mini vMac, SSW 6.0.8, 8MB, 256 colors
(screenshots 3 & 7 above).
PixelPaint.Spectrum (2nd DL) requires a Macintosh II AND a Spectrum
Video card to run. It cannot run on the Mini vMac II emulator. Its
accompanying example art files however will open fine if you use the
top DL app, under emulation.
