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Subject: Re: MASM 4.0 announced
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Date: Sat, 14-Dec-85 17:51:00 EST
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/* Written  2:53 pm  Dec 11, 1985 by kim@mips in prism:net.micro.pc */
/* ---------- "MASM 4.0 announced" ---------- */
> 
> Just read in the 12/10 issue of PC WEEK (p. 14) that Microsoft has released
> Rev 4.0 of MASM.  Some of the enhancements mentioned are:

Well, I've got a copy of MASM 3.1 that will reliably trash the fixed disk of a
640K AT (with IDEA type 2 20 meg. disk).  Seems that any time I run the
assembler, it leaves lost clusters on the disk.  The lost clusters are
crosslinked into REAL files, however.  When chkdsk and related programs try to
reclaim them, real files get corrupted.  Anyone else seen this problem?

Needless to say, I will NOT be trading up to MASM 4.0, as I refuse to do any
more business with Microsoft unless absolutely necessary.  I'm quite happy with
PASM from Phoenix (MASM 3.1 compatible, but faster and with fewer bugs).

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