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+In order to build the library, you need a 'C' compiler (obvious, isn't it?) and
+a set of header files for the networking API definitions. The networking header
+files go into a directory "netinclude" which has to sit in the same directory as
+the source code and the "include" directory you find in there. I'm not currently
+supplying these header files here. Drop me a line, and I'll take care of that.
+
+The SAS/C flavour (smakefile) should get the library built using the "large data"
+model. This rules out the use of residentable programs as the startup code I'm
+using is very primitive (startup.o) and doesn't tinker with A4 relative data
+addressing (and how this may be set up).
+
+There are two makefiles for GCC, each a different flavour. There is "GNUmakefile.68k",
+which will build the library for GCC on the 68k platform ("classic" Amiga). This
+builds all variants of the library, for large data, small data, resident, whatever
+model. It's a lot of work and I don't recommend you do this on a plain 68k machine.
+It will literally (!) take hours. The other makefile flavour is for AmigaOS4 using
+the PowerPC hosted GCC system ("GNUmakefile.os4"). This builds only the large data
+version of the library, but this is usually all you need. Small data support is
+currently not implemented but might follow in the future.