Paracomp

Paracomp was a Macintosh programming company known for their 3D software, Swivel 3D^[1] and ModelShop^[2] and FilmMaker.^[3] FilmMaker was known for its packaging which was a 16 mm film reel tin, which was used to contain the software and manuals.^{[citation needed]} Paracomp was also the publisher of the computer algebra system Milo,^[4] which was the first program on Macintosh able to perform symbolic computation^[5] using standard math notation.^[6] Paracomp was acquired by MacroMind in 1991 to briefly form MacroMind-Paracomp,^[7] before adding Authorware in 1992^[8] and becoming Macromedia.^[9]

Paracomp

Company type	software
Products	Milo
Services	3D software Swivel 3D ModelShop FilmMaker
Parent	Macintosh