--- gforth/README	1996/12/10 18:03:42	1.21
+++ gforth/README	1999/03/12 18:37:54	1.34
@@ -6,17 +6,23 @@ traditional implementation techniques: i
 indirect or direct threaded.  Gforth is distributed under the GNU
 General Public license (see COPYING).
 
-Gforth runs under Unix and DOS and should not be hard to port to other
-systems supported by GCC. This version has been tested successfully on
-the following platforms: i486-unknown-linuxaout, i586-unknown-linux,
-alpha-dec-osf3.2, mips-dec-ultrix4.3, sparc-sun-sunos4.1.4,
-sparc-unknown-netbsd1.2 (configured with ac_cv_sizeof_long_long=0, see
-INSTALL), hppa1.1-hp-hpux9.05, hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20, Windows 95 using
-DJGPP 2.0, and OS/2 3.0 using EMX 0.9c, the latter with manual help
-to finish compilation.
+Gforth runs under Unix, Win95, OS/2, and DOS and should not be hard to
+port to other systems supported by GCC. This version has been tested
+successfully on the following platforms:
+
+checking host system type... alpha-dec-osf4.0b
+checking host system type... alphaev56-unknown-linux-gnu
+checking host system type... hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20
+checking host system type... i486-pc-linux-gnulibc1
+checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
+checking host system type... mips-dec-ultrix4.3
+checking host system type... mips-sgi-irix6.2
+checking host system type... powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu
+checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1
+checking host system type... sparc-sun-sunos4.1.4
 
-Read INSTALL for installation instructions, or INSTALL.DOS for DOS and
-OS/2. Mail bug-gforth@gnu.ai.mit.edu if you have problems.  To start
+Read INSTALL for installation instructions, or INSTALL.DOS for DOS, Windows
+95, and OS/2. Mail bug-gforth@gnu.ai.mit.edu if you have problems.  To start
 the system, just say `gforth' (after installing it).
 
 You can find new versions of Gforth at prep.ai.mit.edu and its mirrors
@@ -37,9 +43,10 @@ the documentation and the foreign langua
 
 On popular request, here are the meanings of unusual file extensions:
 
-*.fs	Forth stream source file
-*.fi	Forth image files
-*.fb	Forth blocks file
+*.fs	Forth stream source file (include with "include <file>" from within
+        gforth, or start with "gforth <file1> <file2> ...")
+*.fi	Forth image files (start with "gforth -i <image file>")
+*.fb	Forth blocks file (load with "use <block file> 1 load")
 *.i	C include files
 *.ds	documenation source
 *TAGS	etags files
@@ -59,15 +66,24 @@ Games:
 tt.fs sokoban.fs
 
 Test programs (for testing Forth systems):
-tester.fs coretest.fs postponetest.fs dbltest.fs
-checkans.fs wordsets.fs
+test/*.fs
 
 Benchmarks:
-bubble.fs siev.fs matrix.fs fib.fs sieve.fs
+bubble.fs siev.fs matrix.fs fib.fs
 
 ANS Forth implementations of Gforth extensions:
 compat/*.fs other.fs
 
+For discussions about Gforth, use the Usenet newsgroup
+comp.lang.forth.  If you prefer not to post on Usenet, there is also a
+mailing list: GForth@ChaosSolutions.com.  To subscribe, send a mail to
+MDaemon@ChaosSolutions.com with:
+
+subscribe GForth
+
+as the first and only line within the message body.  Send bug reports
+to bug-gforth@gnu.ai.mit.edu (whether you post them or not).
+
 
 - anton
 anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at