The file pacific.exe in this directory contains a self-extracting archive of the Pacific C MS-DOS compiler, shareware version. The manual is available as a PDF (Adobe Acrobat) file, in pacman.pdf. You may copy and redistribute this software, providing it remains in the same self-extracting .EXE file. If you use this software for any purposes other than evaluation or non-commercial use, you must register it. Registration information is included in the self-extracting archive. To use this software, download pacific.exe, then create a directory called PACIFIC, change into the directory, then run pacific.exe. IT will self-extract a directory tree. In the BIN direcory is the compiler driver, PPD.EXE. Run this and follow the menus. Add PACIFIC\BIN to your path to be able to run PPD from anywhere. This compiler is MS-DOS, not Windows, based, but it will run in a DOS box under Win3.11, Win95 or WinNT. Update history: 20 Jan 96: Fix assembler problem with fsub instruction; fix debugger - was not reading symbol files properly 03 Dec 95: fix problem with as86 - sometimes generated "-ve number of noops" messages. pacific.exe updated, as86.zip also available 28 Nov 95: improve error message help; add horizontal scrolling to error window. 17 Nov 95: original file Notice: there is now a mailing list for Pacific C users - send the message: subscribe pacific-list to the address pacific-request@htsoft.com. The actual mailing list address is pacific-list@htsoft.com.