diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index 5e31ba7623..b923ab06c0 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+19990910-14:20 EDT David G. Holm <dholm@jsd-llc.com>
+  * source/rtl/console.c
+    ! Uncommented two calls to hb_fsSetDevMode() in hb_consoleInitialize()
+      which force the stdout and stderr handles to binary mode for Clipper
+      compatibility. There was no explanation in the ChangeLog as to why
+      the two calls had been commented out.
+
 19990910-14:15 EDT David G. Holm <dholm@jsd-llc.com>
   * tests/working/Makefile
     ! Moved statinit.prg to BAD_PRG_SOURCES, because it won't link.
diff --git a/harbour/source/rtl/console.c b/harbour/source/rtl/console.c
index 882d26c8a9..db43b46223 100644
--- a/harbour/source/rtl/console.c
+++ b/harbour/source/rtl/console.c
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ void hb_consoleInitialize( void )
    /* Some compilers open stdout and stderr in text mode, but
       Harbour needs them to be open in binary mode. */
 
-//   hb_fsSetDevMode( fileno( stdout ), FM_BINARY );
-//   hb_fsSetDevMode( fileno( stderr ), FM_BINARY );
+   hb_fsSetDevMode( fileno( stdout ), FM_BINARY );
+   hb_fsSetDevMode( fileno( stderr ), FM_BINARY );
 
 #ifdef HARBOUR_USE_GTAPI
    hb_gtInit();