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+PDCurses for Windows console
+============================
+
+This directory contains PDCurses source code files specific to the
+Microsoft Windows console. Although historically called "Win32", this
+port can just as easily be built for 64-bit systems. Windows 95 through
+Windows 10 are covered. (Some features require later versions.)
+
+
+Building
+--------
+
+- Choose the appropriate makefile for your compiler:
+
+        Makefile      - GCC (MinGW or Cygnus)
+        Makefile.bcc  - Borland C++
+        Makefile.vc   - Microsoft Visual C++
+        Makefile.wcc  - Watcom
+
+- Optionally, you can build in a different directory than the platform
+  directory by setting PDCURSES_SRCDIR to point to the directory where
+  you unpacked PDCurses, and changing to your target directory:
+
+        set PDCURSES_SRCDIR=c:\pdcurses
+
+- Build it:
+
+        make -f makefilename
+
+  (For Watcom, use "wmake" instead of "make"; for MSVC, "nmake"; for
+  MinGW, "mingw32-make".) You'll get the library (pdcurses.lib or .a,
+  depending on your compiler) and a lot of object files.
+
+  You can also give the optional parameter "WIDE=Y", to build the
+  library with wide-character (Unicode) support:
+
+        wmake -f Makefile.wcc WIDE=Y
+
+  When built this way, the library is not compatible with Windows 9x,
+  unless you also link with the Microsoft Layer for Unicode (not
+  tested).
+
+  Another option, "UTF8=Y", makes PDCurses ignore the system locale, and
+  treat all narrow-character strings as UTF-8. This option has no effect
+  unless WIDE=Y is also set. Use it to get around the poor support for
+  UTF-8 in the Windows console:
+
+        make -f Makefile.bcc WIDE=Y UTF8=Y
+
+  You can also use the optional parameter "DLL=Y" with Visual C++,
+  MinGW or Cygwin, to build the library as a DLL:
+
+        nmake -f Makefile.vc WIDE=Y DLL=Y
+
+  When you build the library as a Windows DLL, you must always define
+  PDC_DLL_BUILD when linking against it. (Or, if you only want to use
+  the DLL, you could add this definition to your curses.h.)
+
+  Add the target "demos" to build the sample programs.
+
+- If your build stops with errors about PCONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFOEX,
+  add the parameter "INFOEX=N" to your make command line and try again.
+  (This will happen with older compile environments.)
+
+
+Distribution Status
+-------------------
+
+The files in this directory are released to the public domain.
+
+
+Acknowledgements
+----------------
+
+Windows console port was originally provided by Chris Szurgot
+<szurgot@itribe.net>