A bit updated, more to come.

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
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--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -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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--- a/README
+++ 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.
 
 
 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
 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.
 
 Enjoy the ride,
 -- the cacao team.

-