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brian       98/01/20 10:32:55

  Modified:    htdocs/manual windows.html
  Log:
  First stab at updating.  Other windows developers need to make sure this
  still makes sense!  Notably, does the line break problem mean that the .tar.gz
  distribution can't be compiled on NT?
  
  Revision  Changes    Path
  1.8       +6 -14     apachen/htdocs/manual/windows.html
  
  Index: windows.html
  ===================================================================
  RCS file: /export/home/cvs/apachen/htdocs/manual/windows.html,v
  retrieving revision 1.7
  retrieving revision 1.8
  diff -u -r1.7 -r1.8
  --- windows.html	1997/10/21 13:19:09	1.7
  +++ windows.html	1998/01/20 18:32:55	1.8
  @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   <H1 ALIGN="CENTER">Using Apache With Microsoft Windows</H1>
   
   <p>This document explains how to compile, install, configure and run
  -   Apache 1.3a1 (or later) under Microsoft Windows. Please note that at
  +   Apache 1.3b3 (or later) under Microsoft Windows. Please note that at
      this time, Windows support is entirely experimental, and is
      recommended only for experienced users. The Apache Group does not
      guarantee that this software will work as documented, or even at
  @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
   
   <h2><a name="req">Requirements</a></h2>
   
  -<p>Apache 1.3b2 requires the following:</p>
  +<p>Apache 1.3b3 requires the following:</p>
   
   <ul>
     <li>Microsoft Windows NT 4.0<a href="#351">*</a>, or Windows 95.
  @@ -57,11 +57,6 @@
   <p><small><a name="351">*</a> Apache may run with Windows NT 3.5.1, but
      has not been tested.</small></p>
   
  -<p>Apache 1.3b2 is currently available only in source form. Future releases 
  -   will contain prebuilt binaries for use by those without compilers
  -   (which are the vast majority of Windows users), however the current
  -   release requires Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 or later. <p>
  -
   <p>This documentation assumes good working knowledge of Microsoft
      Windows, Microsoft Visual C++, and the Apache web server (for
      Unix).</p>
  @@ -74,13 +69,10 @@
   list the current release, any more recent alpha or beta-test release,
   together with details of mirror web and anonymous ftp sites.</p>
   
  -<p>You will be able to download Apache 1.3b2 or a later release in
  -   several forms, including a WinZip (<code>.zip</code>)
  -   archive. Although this contains the same files as the others (likely
  -   <code>.tar.gz</code> and <code>.tar.Z</code>), it is recommended for
  -   Windows use, as all the files contained therein will contain Windows
  -   line breaks. The other archives may contain files with Unix line
  -   breaks, which will not function on Windows (although they may).</p>
  +<p>You can download Apache 1.3b3 in two different forms: an InstallShield-based
  +  <code>.exe</code> file which contains the precompiled binary, and a
  +  <code>.tar.gz</code> which contains the source code (and is also the
  +  regular Unix distribution). 
   
   <h2><a name="comp">Compiling Apache for Windows</a></h2>