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==History== | ==History== | ||
In 1992 the Nantucket Corporation was sold to [[Computer Associates]] and the product was renamed to CA-Clipper. | |||
==Versions== | ==Versions== | ||
Revision as of 15:01, 19 March 2018
CA-Clipper is a 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 Summer 87 - Delivered in 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.
- Clipper 5.0 brings with it rudimentary object-oriented extensions to the xBase language.
- Clipper VO v.1.0 - December 1995
- Clipper 5.3, last version delivered as a DOS product, first version that is able to take advantage of a numeric co-processor and DOS Graphic Modes.
- Clipper 5.3a and 5.3b are bug fix releases of 5.3
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
See also: Clipper