TITLE: README.TXT
REF: POINTER RELEASE INFORMATION

Firstly, thank you for using this patch.  Secondly, do not email me
UNLESS you are a code junkie or compiler guru or are a vital/valid
part of the mud++ project.  Cruelly said, but I do not have the time
to answer all the "I have a Borland version blah,blah compiler and
I cannot get it to run." messages.  Be bold, be strong, be a man
(er....or a woman :) and RTF compiler M!  (Unless you are using the
KMart blue light special compilers like I am where all the manuals
are on CD or help files which is so damned frustrating sometimes I 
just want to play frisbee with that little round puck of a...)

Excuse me..... I ramble.... every now and then....

With that out of the way, if you really are stuck, I am such a nice
guy that I will definitely try to help you (yes, even you newbies :)

send your reverent and carefully spelchecked (oops!) message to:
jwo@netcom.com

Read the file Pyymmddr.TXT (where Pyymmddr is a substitution
mnemonic for "Patch yyear mmonth dday revision")

The file contains information for patching this release of the
WIN32 native compiler (i.e. Microsoft Visual C++, Symantec C++, etc...)
port of mud++.

The Pyymmddr.TXT file instructs the user as to the included files in
the Pyymmddr.ZIP file.  It will contain important information as to
usage and location to install any contained files.