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+                           Compiling CircleMUD
+                    under Microsoft Windows 95 and NT
+                             by Jeremy Elson
+                  For help, write to help@circlemud.org
+
+
+There are a number of different compilers available for Microsoft Windows
+95 and NT that can be used to compile CircleMUD.  Each compiler works
+differently, so each compiler has a different set of instructions.
+
+For up-to-date information on compiling CircleMUD under Windows, check out 
+Rob Baumstark's page at http://shirak.circlemud.net/
+
+
+We currently have instructions for using the following compilers:
+
+1.  Cygnus CYGWIN (Formerly Cygnus GNU-Win32).  This is a FREE
+    compiler for Microsoft Windows 95 and NT!  If you don't own a
+    compiler, you can just download this one off the net and get
+    Circle up and running in no time.  Read the file README.CYGWIN
+    (submitted by David Goldstein <goldstei@cs.sunysb.edu>).
+    Please note however that the CYGWIN system is not recommended
+    for those unfamiliar with the Unix environment.
+
+2.  Microsoft Visual C++ version 4.x -- read the file README.MSVC4
+
+3.  Microsoft Visual C++ version 5.x -- read the file README.MSVC5
+
+4.  Borland C++ -- read the file README.BORLAND
+
+5.  Watcom C++ v.11 -- read the file README.WATCOM
+
+
+It should be possible to compile CircleMUD using other compilers that are
+not listed here, or other versions of these compilers -- as long as they
+support long filenames, etc.  However, we don't have instructions handy
+for those compilers.  Rob's page (http://www.connect.ab.ca/~rbmstrk) has
+a lot of useful information about compiling under Windows; try looking
+there for tips.
+
+However, it not easy (and maybe even impossible) to compile at all
+under Windows 3.x or DOS because they lack a number of features that
+Circle requires such as the Win32 API and long filenames.  It is
+theoretically possible to compile under Windows 3.x by finding 3.x API
+equivalents to the Win32 API calls, and changing all the filenames in
+the entire distribution to fit the 8.3 DOS/Win3.x filenaming standard,
+but I will never do this.
+
+Have fun!
+
+Jeremy Elson
+(To get help, write to help@circlemud.org)