Lazarus Archive · LZ-32712

FathomPaint 5.8

Embersoft, 1979. Application software for the Apple II.

Description

A paint program for the Apple II, written by Embersoft for illustrators.

Provenance

Donated by the creator in 2022. The disks had been stored beside a loudspeaker, and one track on each was weak. Every sector was recovered on the first or second read.

Preservation

Fixity (SHA-256)
0e0d32ccbcce12c4898e84f43d2321220b2f29dc23194b21a12c925d955062f9
Last verified
Oct 19, 2026, by Vigil
Emulation profile
LZE-APPLE2-6 · lz-6502 core
Copies
Three, on two kinds of storage, in two cities
Original carriers
Kept in cold storage in Vancouver

Access

Free, in the Lazarus reading room in Vancouver and in partner reading rooms. Copies may be taken away.

In the reading room it runs in emulation under profile LZE-APPLE2-6, from a read-only copy of the recovered image, as it would have on the Apple II.

Cite as: Embersoft, FathomPaint 5.8 (1979). Lazarus Archive, LZ-32712.

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