--- gforth/README	1996/11/11 16:59:15	1.19
+++ gforth/README	1998/12/23 22:44:07	1.28
@@ -7,14 +7,21 @@ indirect or direct threaded.  Gforth is
 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-sunos4.1.3_U1,
-sparc-unknown-netbsd1.2 (configured with ac_cv_sizeof_long_long=0, see
-INSTALL), hppa1.1-hp-hpux9.05, hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20.
+systems supported by GCC. This version has been tested successfully on the
+following platforms:
+i486-pc-linux-gnulibc1 (libc5)
+i686-pc-linux-gnu (libc6)
+alphaev56-unknown-linux-gnulibc1
+alpha-dec-osf4.0b
+mips-sgi-irix6.2
+mips-dec-ultrix4.3
+sparc-sun-sunos4.1.4
+sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1
+powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu
+hppa1.1-hp-hpux10.20
 
-Read INSTALL for installation instructions. 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
@@ -35,9 +42,10 @@ 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
@@ -61,11 +69,20 @@ tester.fs coretest.fs postponetest.fs db
 checkans.fs wordsets.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
 
+There's a mailing list for things around Gforth that aren't bugs
+(suggestions, discussions, etc.). To post, send your mail to
+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.
+
 
 - anton
 anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at