<s>
Professional	B-Application
Adventure	I-Application
Writer	I-Application
or	O
PAW	O
(	O
sometimes	O
called	O
PAWS	O
for	O
Professional	O
Adventure	O
Writing	O
System	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
program	O
that	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
write	O
textual	O
adventure	O
games	O
with	O
graphic	O
illustrations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Tim	O
Gilberts	O
,	O
Graeme	O
Yeandle	O
and	O
Phil	O
Wade	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Yeandle	O
's	O
earlier	O
system	O
called	O
The	B-Application
Quill	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PAW	O
improved	O
over	O
The	B-Application
Quill	I-Application
in	O
several	O
ways	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PAW	O
also	O
supported	O
NPCs	O
,	O
different	O
character	O
sets	O
,	O
and	O
full	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
memory	O
of	O
the	O
128K	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
unlike	O
their	O
prequel	O
The	B-Application
Quill	I-Application
,	O
the	O
PAW	O
no	O
longer	O
supported	O
other	O
computer	O
systems	O
like	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
or	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
WinPAW	B-Application
was	O
written	O
by	O
Douglas	O
Harter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
could	O
read	O
adventures	O
written	O
in	O
PAW	O
,	O
but	O
ran	O
under	O
MS-Windows	B-Application
and	O
had	O
a	O
few	O
extensions	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
adventures	O
made	O
in	O
WinPAW	B-Application
could	O
only	O
be	O
played	O
using	O
the	O
MS	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
runtime	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
you	O
to	O
extract	O
PAW	O
adventures	O
,	O
edit	O
them	O
or	O
create	O
from	O
scratch	O
and	O
write	O
back	O
a	O
database	O
for	O
PAW	O
for	O
either	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
or	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Graeme	O
Yeandle	O
also	O
released	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
CP/M	B-Application
version	O
of	O
PAW	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
called	O
it	O
PC	B-Application
Adventure	I-Application
Writer	I-Application
.	O
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