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+README_srcdos.txt for version 7.0aa of Vim: Vi IMproved.
+
+See "README.txt" for general information about Vim.
+See "README_dos.txt" for installation instructions for MS-DOS and MS-Windows.
+These files are in the runtime archive (vim60rt.zip).
+
+
+The DOS source archive contains the files needed to compile Vim on MS-DOS or
+MS-Windows.  It is packed for DOS systems, with CR-LF.  It also includes the
+VisVim sources.
+
+See "src/INSTALLpc.txt" for instructions on how to compile Vim on the PC.