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echo: clipper
to: RAYMOND PESEK
from: STEVEN READ
date: 1997-03-08 08:53:00
subject: What is clipper?

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RP> Packet: PC-OHIO
RP> Date: 03-02-97 (17:23)             Number: 2177
RP> From: RAYMOND PESEK                Refer#: 2172
RP>   To: LAURENT DE FONTENAY           Recvd: NO
RP> Subj: WHAT IS CLIPPER?               Conf: (757) CLIPPER-F
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RP> There are two companies who've produced add-ons to allow one
RP> to use the Clipper language in a Windows 3 environment by
RP> replacing a lot of the DOS subsystems with their Windows
RP> equivalent.
RP> In fact, an old Windows version of the WordStar word processor
RP> was actually a Clipper program using one of these add-ons.
Raymond,
Never heard of this before.
Was that by any chance Wordstar 2000 ?  For historical purposes
do you know what add-on was used and version of Clipper used.
Do you know of any other commercial packages that used Clipper.
I tried RoboComm at one time and it was written in Clipper.
Later,
Steve,  in western New York state (USA)
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