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Summary
Name	Microsoft Paint
Version	1
Other names
Identifiers	PUID: x-fmt/214
Family
Classification	Image (Raster)
Disclosure
Description	Prior to Windows 3.0, the bundled version of Microsoft Paint used a proprietary format with the extension MSP. The format supported only 1 bit monochrome graphics. Windows 3.0 replaced Microsoft Paint with an application called Paintbrush, that could open MSP files, but would save only as PCX or BMP.
Orientation	Text
Byte order
Related file formats	Is previous version of Microsoft Paint (2)
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	Microsoft Corporation
Supported by	Microsoft Corporation
Source	Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date	02 Aug 2005
Source description
Last updated	02 Aug 2005
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