diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index b57e547d5f..99ad5c07de 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2000-01-25 16:20 GMT-5 David G. Holm <dholm@ sd-llc.com>
+
+   * source/rtl/itemapi.c
+     ! Don't check for infinity when checking for numeric overflow and using
+       a Borland C compiler, because Borland C returns 0 for log(0), which is
+       what is being used to set infinity.
+
 2000-01-25 21:47 GMT+1 Antonio Linares <alinares@fivetech.com>
    * source/debug/debugger.prg
      * Partial support for editing variables.
diff --git a/harbour/source/rtl/itemapi.c b/harbour/source/rtl/itemapi.c
index 224611e02c..e20507443a 100644
--- a/harbour/source/rtl/itemapi.c
+++ b/harbour/source/rtl/itemapi.c
@@ -1173,8 +1173,14 @@ char * hb_itemStr( PHB_ITEM pNumber, PHB_ITEM pWidth, PHB_ITEM pDec )
                s_dInfinity = -log( 0 );
                s_bInfinityInit = TRUE;
             }
-
-            if( pNumber->item.asDouble.length == 99 || dNumber == s_dInfinity || dNumber == -s_dInfinity )
+            if( pNumber->item.asDouble.length == 99
+            #ifdef __BORLANDC__
+               /* No more checks for Borland C, which returns 0 for log( 0 ),
+                  and is therefore unable to test for infinity */
+            #else
+               || dNumber == s_dInfinity || dNumber == -s_dInfinity
+            #endif
+            )
                /* Numeric overflow */
                iBytes = iSize + 1;
             else