hal@ugacs.UUCP (Hal N. Brooks) (12/18/87)
Forgive me if this somewhat dated news item has already made the rounds, but I thought it significant enough to make sure that everyone knows. According to the Dec. 7 issue of `InfoWorld, The PC News Weekly', Quick C has (or had) a tendency to erase the FAT (file allocation table) of hard disks connected by a Western Digital controller with a BIOS that WD discontinued two years ago. It seems that the BIOS and Quick C used the same interrupt vector for different purposes. The problem ROM can be identified by the label "EPROM #62-000043-010". If you call Western Digital at 1-800-847-6181, extension 3400, they will supply a revised BIOS. Microsoft says they will correct the problem by the year's end. -hal (gatech!ugacs!hal)
cy03+@andrew.cmu.edu (Chao-Ping Yang) (12/21/87)
I am glad that hal@ugacs.UUCP (Hal N. Brooks) posted this note because I have just purchased a Quick C and I sort of remember seeing something about QC and WD and was wondering what to do since I do have a WD on one of my PC. I have another PC which is a true IBM XT, can somebody tell me if I should worry about using QC there too? Thanks in advance. ==Chaoping