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 Reasons to upgrade
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 . Blinker is the fastest available 16 and 32-bit Windows linker, combined
   with a royalty-free DOS extender, an integrated super "SPAWN" package, a
   dynamic overlay linker to overcome the 640Kb conventional memory limit
   and much more.

 . CA-Clipper programmers can create programs in less than a second with
   Blinker's improved incremental linking of DOS extended and Windows
   programs.

 . Compatible with C/C++, ASM, FORTRAN, CA-Clipper and more, this award-
   winning product is also unique in creating directly executable 16 bit
   Windows, DOS and DOS extended programs compressed by up to 70%.

 . Share code and data between Windows and DOS, easily update or replace
   parts of your program and simplify the migration of code to Windows with
   the new Windows and DOS extended DLL feature.

 . Create DOS programs which directly access up to 16Mb of physical memory
   and 64Mb of virtual memory with the royalty-free DOS extender. Fully
   compatible with the DPMI, VCPI and XMS programming standards, the Blinker
   DOS extender features a comprehensive API and the unique "dual mode"
   feature which automatically runs the same .EXE in either real or
   protected mode. Or use the super "SPAWN" command to run large DOS or DOS
   extended programs, such as a report generator or a word processor, from
   inside your main program with less than a 10Kb memory overhead.

 . Blinker also enables you to encrypt serial numbers into your programs and
   create fully functional demonstration versions.
   With over 150 pages of technical documentation and complete on-line help
   in a Windows .HLP file, it is no wonder that over 75,000 professional
   programmers worldwide use this award-winning product!

 . Full Year 2000 compliance

 . A 300% improvement in link time compression speeds and runtime
   decompression speeds compared to Blinker 4.x.

 . Improved compression ratios over Blinker 4.x.

 . Full support for the latest SoftICE/95 and SoftICE NT debuggers.

 . A DOS extended program can now be used as the stub for a 16 or 32 bit
   Windows program.

 . The size of the CA-Clipper Eval stack has been greatly increased for DOS
   extended programs, to virtually eliminate occurences of the CA-Clipper
   error "667 : Eval stack fault"

 . Symbol table and .EXE compression can now be used in Windows programs
   developed with Clip4Win and FiveWin.

 . The new 32 bit Xbase++ compiler from Alaska is supported, together with
   any add-on libraries which use the Intel .OMF file format.

 . Protected mode libraries for the latest versions of all the supported
   compilers, including Borland C/C++ 5.x, Symantec C/C++ 7.x and Watcom
   C/C++ 11.x, have been added.

 . Full support for Lahey 32 bit FORTRAN, including CodeView support

 . Full DOS protected mode support for the DOS versions of the ZINC
   interface libraries using Borland, Symantec or Watcom C/C++.

 . Increased maximum .EXE and .DLL output file sizes

 . Improved MSLink and TLink script processing

 . Free technical support, via fax or email, for 30 days

 . New technical manual and Windows Help file

 . For a limited time, you can upgrade to Blinker 5.1 from any previous
   retail version of Blinker for just one low price.

  "Blinker has always been the most consistently reliable piece of software 
  I have ever used. Just when you think that it can do everything one would 
  expect a linker to do, Blinkinc thinks of a whole lot of new features that
  we developers cannot live without!"                                       
  Peter Grimshaw - Manager / Developer, BTM Innovation, Australia

  "I must congratulate you on a very excellent product. This is an upgrade  
  that every Blinker user should get....The DLL support is nothing short of 
  fantastic and is something that every Clipper programmer should experiment
  with. Our support staff is thrilled to now have a stable protected mode   
  .EXE that runs in a Windows DOS box. The DLL and compression stuff is a   
  big bonus that'll make their work (providing fixes and updates) a whole   
  lot easier".                                                              
  Larry Bauder - Senior Analyst, Aralco Retail Systems, Canada

  "I have been using Blinker for more than three years now and have never   
  had to call your tech support people. They must be housed in the same     
  building as the Maytag repairman. Blinker is a very stable product and    
  simply does what it is advertised to do. It's nice to see some truth in   
  advertising for a change. Thanks, Blinker!"                               
  James F. Taylor, Data Processing Director, Quality Supplier

  "Blinker literally paid for itself the first day out of the box."         
  Chris Catignani, Software Developer

  "Simply the best linker on the market, hands down."                       
  Kevin Stasiak, President, Acute Compute, Inc.

  "Blinker is our best investment in a development tool, and we couldn't    
  live without it! Blinker has saved us countless hours of work time in     
  developing CASETRAK software."                                            
  Charles Carstensen, President, Carstensen Company, Inc.

  "We've only begun to scratch the surface of Blinker's capabilities, but   
  with each feature we implement, we're newly impressed by its depth,       
  breadth, and  power! A truly great product and fantastic workhorse."      
  John Solu, Cost Controller, Allied Signal Inc.

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