A bit updated, more to come.

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
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@@ -1,35 +1,16 @@
-CACAO specific installation instructions
-========================================
+Quick start instructions
+========================
 
-* CLASSPATH, classfiles & other Java weirdness
-----------------------------------------------
+You can check the configure options via `./configure --help'. But the
+default settings should be ok. For building the package type:
 
-Make sure you have classfiles which work with cacao. A version of
-these can be found at
-ftp://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/pub/java/cacao/classes.zip.gz
+   $ ./configure
+   $ make
+   $ make install
 
-After the installation of these set the environment variable CLASSPATH
-to the directories where your class libraries are stored. E. g. if you
-unzipped classes.zip in the directory /usr/local/lib/java/classes set
-the CLASSPATH environment variable to /usr/local/lib/java/classes.
+The default installation prefix is `/usr/local/cacao'. You can change
+this destination by providing the `--prefix=PATH' option to configure.
 
-* configuring & compiling CACAO
--------------------------------
-
-  1. Unpack the tar archive (apparently you have done this, otherwise
-     you wouldn't read this file.
-
-  2. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
-     `./configure' to configure the package for your system.  If you're
-     using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type
-     `sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute
-     `configure' itself.
-
-     Running `configure' takes awhile.  While running, it prints some
-     messages telling which features it is checking for.
-
-  3. Type make.
-
-After this you should have a working version of cacao and cacaoh. How to
-invoke cacao and which class library has to be used is described at the
-CACAO home page (http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/java/cacao/index.html).
+This version of cacao only supports the `--prefix' option, even if
+configure processes the other options (`--bindir', `--libdir', etc.),
+it will screw up your installation.

diff --git a/README b/README
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+++ b/README
@@ -1,26 +1,15 @@
-* README
-========
+README
+======
 
 CACAO is a 64-bit (32-bit versions are planned) Java virtual machine
 for Alphas and Mips processors.
 
-The current sources of CACAO version 0.40 are a snapshot during
-development.  They will change in the near future and are badly
-documented. This version is not intended for public distribution. 
-It is made available only for educational and research purposes.
-
 You will find the licensing condition in the file COPYING.
 
 For installation instruction, please refer to INSTALL.
 
 New versions, updates and general information can be retrieved from
-http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/java/cacao
-
-In case of questions questions or to report a bug, send mail to
-cacao@complang.tuwien.ac.at; in case of very, very urgent questions
-please contact Andreas Krall (andi@complang.tuwien.ac.at) directly.
-
+http://www.cacaojvm.org/.
 
 Enjoy the ride,
 -- the cacao team.
-