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+Welcome to the "PC" subdirectory of the Python distribution!
+
+
+This "PC" subdirectory contains complete project files to make
+several PC ports of Python, as well as all the PC-specific
+Python source files.  It should be located in the root of the
+Python distribution, and there should be directories "Modules",
+"Objects", "Python", etc. in the parent directory of this "PC"
+subdirectory.
+
+Be sure to read the documentation in the Python distribution.  You
+must set the environment variable PYTHONPATH to point to your Python
+library directory.  This is "../Lib", but you must use an absolute path,
+and perhaps copy it somewhere else.  Be sure to include the Windows
+specific directory "win" too.  If you use a DOS FAT file system and
+either a DOS or Windows 3.1x Python version, you should also put
+../Lib/dos_8x3 on your PYTHONPATH too, since it has DOS 8x3 names
+for the standard Python library names.  So your autoexec.bat should have:
+   set PYTHONPATH=.;c:\python\lib;c:\python\lib\win
+for Windows NT or
+   set PYTHONPATH=.;c:\python\lib;c:\python\lib\win;c:\python\lib\dos_8x3
+for DOS or Windows 3.1x (change the path to the correct path).
+
+There are several add-in modules to build Python programs which use
+the native Windows operating environment.  The ports here just make
+"QuickWin" and DOS Python versions which support a character-mode
+(console) environment.  Look in www.python.org for Tkinter, PythonWin,
+WPY and wxPython.
+
+To make a Python port, start the Integrated Development Environment
+(IDE) of your compiler, and read in the native "project file"
+(or makefile) provided.  This will enable you to change any source
+files or build settings so you can make custom builds.
+
+config.h    An important configuration file specific to PC's.
+
+config.c    The list of C modules to include in the Python PC
+            version.  Manually edit this file to add or
+            remove Python modules.
+
+testpy.py   A Python test program.  Run this to test your
+            Python port.  It should say "all tests OK".
+
+src         A subdirectory used only for VC++ version 1.5 Python
+            source files.  See below.  The other compilers do not
+            use it.  They reference the actual distribution
+            directories instead.
+
+Watcom C++ Version 10.6
+=======================
+
+The project file for the Watcom compiler is ./python.wpj.
+It will build Watcom versions in the directories wat_*.
+
+wat_dos     A 32-bit extended DOS Python (console-mode) using the
+            dos4gw DOS extender.  Sockets are not included.
+
+wat_os2     A 32-bit OS/2 Python (console-mode).
+            Sockets are not included.
+
+
+Microsoft Visual C++ Version 4.0 (32-bit Windows)
+=================================================
+
+The project files are vc40.mdp, vc40.ncb and vc40.mak.  They
+will NOT work from this PC directory.  To use them, first copy
+them to the Python distribution directory with this command:
+    copy vc40.* ..
+You may then want to remove them from here to prevent confusion.
+
+Once the project files are located in the directory just above
+this one, start VC++ and read in the project.  The targets are built
+in the subdirectories vc40_*.
+
+vc40_dll    The Python core built as an NT DLL.
+
+vc40_nt     A Windows NT and 95 Python QuickWin (console-mode)
+            version of Python including sockets.  It is
+            self-contained, and does not require any DLL's.
+
+
+Microsoft Visual C++ Version 1.5 (16-bit Windows)
+=================================================
+
+Since VC++1.5 does not handle long file names, it is necessary
+to run the "makesrc.exe" program in this directory to copy
+Python files from the distribution to the directory "src"
+with shortened names.  Included file names are shortened too.
+Do this before you attempt to build Python.
+
+The "makesrc.exe" program is a native NT program, and you must
+have NT, Windows 95 or Win32s to run it.  Otherwise you will need
+to copy distribution files to src yourself.
+
+The makefiles are named *.mak and are located in directories
+starting with "vc15_".  NOTE:  When dependencies are scanned
+VC++ will create dependencies for directories which are not
+used because it fails to evaluate "#define" properly.  You
+must manaully edit makefiles (*.mak) to remove references to
+"sys/" and other bad directories.
+
+vc15_lib    A static Python library.  Create this first because is
+            is required for vc15_w31.
+
+vc15_w31    A Windows 3.1x Python QuickWin (console-mode)
+            Python including sockets.  Requires vc15_lib.