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CA-Clipper is an application development system for DOS and LAN environments.

History

In 1992 the Nantucket Corporation was sold to Computer Associates and the product was renamed to CA-Clipper.

Versions

Clipper

from Nantucket Corporation

Autumn '86
Summer '87 (Jan 1988) Speed and feature improvements especially in the debugger, mostly rewritten in C using Microsoft C. First version to actually ship with a manual but prior to this you were expected to have access to a dBase III manual - By many considered the first well working version of the program - List price USD 695.
5.0 (1990) brings with it rudimentary object-oriented extensions to the xBase language.
- 5.01 (Apr 1991)

CA-Clipper

from Computer Associates

5.01a (1992)
5.2 (Feb 1993)
- 5.2e (Feb 1995) - latest bugfix
5.3 (Jun 1995), last version delivered as a DOS product, added support for numeric co-processor and DOS Graphic Modes.
- 5.3a (May 1996)
- 5.3b (May 1997)

Add-on products

Clipper VO v.1.0 - December 1995
CA-Clipper Tools - extension library
CA-Clipper/Compiler Kit for dBASE IV

License

Closed source commercial software - Discontinued

Author

Nantucket Software (Original developer)
Computer Associates
GrafX Software

Links

CA-Clipper promotional demonstration - From 1992 - Runs under DOS
Gene Smilgiewicz: A review of Clipper Summer 87 - From PC magazine 1988
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ 2.31) about CA-Clipper and CA-Visual Objects

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 ==Versions==
-;From Nantucket Corporation
+;Clipper
-* Clipper Summer 87 (Jan 1988) Speed and feature improvements especially in the debugger, mostly rewritten in [[C]] using [[Microsoft C]]. First version to actually ship with a manual but prior to this you were expected to have access to a dBase III manual - By many considered the first well working version of the program - List price USD 695.
+from Nantucket Corporation
-* Clipper 5.0 (1990) brings with it rudimentary object-oriented extensions to the xBase language.
+* Autumn '86
-* Clipper 5.01 (Apr 1991)
+* Summer '87 (Jan 1988) Speed and feature improvements especially in the debugger, mostly rewritten in [[C]] using [[Microsoft C]]. First version to actually ship with a manual but prior to this you were expected to have access to a dBase III manual - By many considered the first well working version of the program - List price USD 695.
+* 5.0 (1990) brings with it rudimentary object-oriented extensions to the xBase language.
+**5.01 (Apr 1991)
-;From Computer Associates
+;CA-Clipper
-*'''CA Clipper 5.01a''' (1992)
+from Computer Associates
-*'''CA-Clipper 5.2''' (Feb 1993)
+*5.01a (1992)
-**CA-Clipper 5.2e (Feb 1995) - latest bugfix
+*5.2 (Feb 1993)
-*'''CA-Clipper 5.3''' (Jun 1995), last version delivered as a DOS product, added support for numeric co-processor and DOS Graphic Modes.
+**5.2e (Feb 1995) - latest bugfix
-**CA-Clipper 5.3a (May 1996)
+*5.3 (Jun 1995), last version delivered as a DOS product, added support for numeric co-processor and DOS Graphic Modes.
-**CA-Clipper 5.3b (May 1997)
+**5.3a (May 1996)
+**5.3b (May 1997)
 ;Add-on products