this page is suggested by Viktor Szel of Budapest, Hungary who also provided most if not all of the following materials.He posed a this question to me ... How about some "back to the good old days" history page including the very first versions of Nantucket Clipper ? By the way, you may have noticed that there are some missing dates... Anyone out there like to fill in the missing dates ?
Here comes a brief version list:
Nantucket Clipper'85 Winter - 1985
Nantucket Clipper'86 Autumn - 31 October 1986
Nantucket Clipper'87 Summer - 21 December 1987
Nantucket Clipper 5.00 - 1990
Nantucket Clipper 5.01 - 15 April 1991
CA Clipper 5.01a - ?
CA Clipper 5.20 - 15 February 1993
CA Clipper 5.2a - ?
CA Clipper 5.2b - 25 June 1993
CA Clipper 5.2c - ?
CA Clipper 5.2d - 25 March 1994
CA Clipper 5.2e - 07 February 1995
CA Clipper 5.30 - 26 June 1995
CA Clipper 5.3a - 20 May 1996 Here comes some command line help screen from previous versions:
Copyright (c) 1985, 1986 Nantucket Inc., All Rights Reserved.
Developed by Brian Russell (Happy Birthday Sean)
Richard McConnell
Rick Spence
David Dodson
Kevin Shepherd
Jon P. Rognerud
options:
-n (enhanced ative code)
-l (no ine numbers)
-s (syntax check only)
@list.clp (list of files to compile)
A>clipper b:main.prg -l
A>clipper @list.clp -n
Copyright (c) Nantucket Corp 1985-1987. All Rights Reserved. Microsoft C Runtime Library Routines, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1984-1987. All Rights Reserved. Richard McConnell & Brian Russell, Sr. VP
Kevin Shepherd
Dennis Dias
Rick Spence
David Dodson
Jon P. Rognerud
Fred Ho
options: -l (no ine numbers)
-m (compile one odule only)
-o (bject file drive and/or path)
-p (
ause for disk change)
-q (uiet)
-s (syntax check only)
-v (ariables are assumed M->)
@list.clp (list of files to compile)
A>clipper a:main.prg -p -ob: C>clipper @list.clp -l -q
Copyright (c) Nantucket Corp 1985-1991. All Rights Reserved. Microsoft C Floating Point Support Routines Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1984-1987. All Rights Reserved.
Designed by Rich McConnell
Written by Denny Dias, Basil Hosmer and Rich McConnell
Options:
/a automatic memvar declaration
/b debug info
/credits credits screen
/d[=] #define
/i #include file search path
/l suppress line number information
/m compile module only
/n no implicit starting procedure
/o object file drive and/or path
/p generate pre-processed output (.ppo) file
/q quiet
/r[] request linker to search (or none)
/s syntax check only
/u[] use command def set in (or none)
/v variables are assumed M->
/w enable warnings
@ compile list of modules in
Copyright (c) 1985-1993, Computer Associates International, Inc. Microsoft C Floating Point Support Routines Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1984-1987. All Rights Reserved.
Options:
/a automatic memvar declaration
/b debug info
/credits credits screen
/d[=] #define
/es[] set exit severity
/i #include file search path
/l suppress line number information
/m compile module only
/n no implicit starting procedure
/o object file drive and/or path
/p generate pre-processed output (.ppo) file /q quiet
/r[] request linker to search (or none)
/s syntax check only
/u[] use command def set in (or none)
/v variables are assumed M->
/w enable warnings
@ compile list of modules in
Contributed by Steve Read, USA in July 1999
Some additional info for your 'Brief Version History' section
Sorry about any line wrapping.
*==== Nantucket Clipper versions ====*
198? Nantucket Software founded
Clipper Winter 84 (Shipped on 25 May 1985)
Clipper Winter 85 (1985) ProLocked version
Clipper Autumn 86 (10/31/86 02:00:00)
PLink86plus 2.21
Clipper Summer 87 (12/21/87)
PLink86plus 2.24
Clipper 5.0 Rev. 1.03 USASCII (09/15/90)
RTLink 3.11
Clipper 5.01 (04/15/91)
RTLink 3.13
Clipper 5.01 Rev. 1.29
Clipper 5.01 Rev. 1.47
Clipper 5.01a
Clipper Tools II 2.0
Clipper Tools II 2.5
CA-Clipper Compiler Kit for dBASE IV
2.0 (11-06-93 02:00:00)
(formerly Matt Whelan's Compiler Kit, dBASE IV
Edition)
According to the book written by Larry Heimendinger, former
President of
Nantucket Software - "Advanced Clipper", the first version was
Clipper
Winter '84, shipped on May 25, 1985.
In "Advanced Clipper" by Larry Heimendinger is a complete history of
the
development of Clipper and Nantucket is outlined.
The very first Clipper version was Winter '84 (shipped May '85) and
had
a manual of.... 54 pages (knowledge of dBASEIII was assumed). Winter
'85: 200 pages of documentation, additions of VALID clause and
SAVE/RESTORE SCREEN commands. Autumn '86 added the "==" operator,
one-dimensional arrays, and usage of functions as commands. Summer
'87
(released after Christmas) brought further enhancements and a
completely
revised documentation. I don't know about any patches, I know about
them
only from the BBS's...
Clipper 5.0 was announced at the June 1989 Clipper Developer's
Conference in Los Angeles, by Nantucket.
*==== Computer Associates Clipper versions ====*
1992 Computer Associates International purchased Nantucket Corp.
Clipper Tools II 2.?
CA-Clipper 5.01a
CA-Clipper 5.01ae (clipper.lib 16/10/92 6:00)
CA-Clipper 5.20 (Rev. 196) (02-15-93 05:20)
CA-Clipper 5.2a (Rev. 197) (03-15-93 05:21)
CA-Clipper 5.2b (Rev. 202) (06-10-93 05:22)
CA-Clipper 5.2c (Rev. 204) (08-06-93 05:23)
CA-Clipper 5.2d (Rev. 215) (03-25-94 05:24)
CA-Clipper 5.2e (Rev. 216) (02/07/95 05:25)
CA-Clipper Tools III 3.0 (02-23-93 03:00) CT30
patched files)
(09-01-95 03:52) Clip52
patched files)
(09-01-95 03:53) Clip53
patched files)
CA-Clipper Tools III 3.0a
CA-Clipper Tools III 3.0b
CA-Clipper 5.3 (06-26-95 05:30)
CA-Clipper 5.3a (05-20-96 05:31)
CA-Clipper 5.3b (Rev. 338) (05-20-97 05:32)
*==== Computer Associates Visual Objects versions ====*
CA-Visual Objects 1.0 (16-bit) released in December 1994
CA-Visual Objects 1.0a
CA-Visual Objects 1.0b
CA-Visual Objects 1.0c
CA-Visual Objects 1.0d stable version of 1.0x
CA-Visual Objects 2.0 (32-bit)
CA-Visual Objects 2.0.0 (Build 770)
CA-Visual Objects 2.0b3
CA-Visual Objects 2.5 to be released in July 1999
*===* Notes *====*
Visual Objects 1.x The 16-bit versions. the early versions
of
VO1 was very flaky but is now stable
(VO1d).
Visual Objects 2.0 The 32-bit versions. Vo2 is superb and can match anything on the market. The
advance news of the next release, 2.5, looks exciting
since 3 June 1996.