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diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32
index 1623acf..5499d3a 100644
--- a/README.win32
+++ b/README.win32
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ work for MakeMaker builds.)
 
 A port of dmake for win32 platforms is available from:
 
-    ftp://ftp.linux.activestate.com/pub/staff/gsar/dmake-4.1-win32.zip
+    http://cpan.perl.org/authors/id/GSAR/dmake-4.1pl1-win32.zip
 
 (This is a fixed version of original dmake sources obtained from
 http://www.wticorp.com/dmake/.  As of version 4.1PL1, the original
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ GCC-2.95.2 binaries can be downloaded from:
 
 The GCC-2.95.2 bundle comes with Mingw32 libraries and headers.
 
-Make sure you install the binaries as indicated in the README for
-the GCC bundle.  You may need to set up a few environment variables
-(usually run from a batch file).
+Make sure you install the binaries that work with MSVCRT.DLL as indicated
+in the README for the GCC bundle.  You may need to set up a few environment
+variables (usually run from a batch file).
 
 You also need dmake.  See L</"Borland C++"> above on how to get it.
 
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ If you have either the source or a library that contains des_fcrypt(),
 enable the appropriate option in the makefile.  des_fcrypt() is not
 bundled with the distribution due to US Government restrictions
 on the export of cryptographic software.  Nevertheless, this routine
-is part of the "libdes" library (written by Ed Young) which is widely
+is part of the "libdes" library (written by Eric Young) which is widely
 available worldwide, usually along with SSLeay (for example:
 "ftp://fractal.mta.ca/pub/crypto/SSLeay/DES/").  Set CRYPT_SRC to the
 name of the file that implements des_fcrypt().  Alternatively, if
@@ -215,21 +215,6 @@ The build process may produce "harmless" compiler warnings (more or
 less copiously, depending on how picky your compiler gets).  The
 maintainers are aware of these warnings, thankyouverymuch. :)
 
-When building using Visual C++, a perl95.exe will also get built.  This
-executable is only needed on Windows95, and should be used instead of
-perl.exe, and then only if you want sockets to work properly on Windows95.
-This is necessitated by a bug in the Microsoft C Runtime that cannot be
-worked around in the "normal" perl.exe.  perl95.exe gets built with its
-own private copy of the C Runtime that is not accessible to extensions
-(which see the DLL version of the CRT).  Be aware, therefore, that this
-perl95.exe will have esoteric problems with extensions like perl/Tk that
-themselves use the C Runtime heavily, or want to free() pointers
-malloc()-ed by perl.
-
-You can avoid the perl95.exe problems completely if you either enable
-USE_PERLCRT with Visual C++, or use Borland C++ for building perl.  In
-those cases, perl95.exe is not needed and will not be built.
-
 =back
 
 =head2 Testing