updated to current situation

doc/install.doc

@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ we don't have them.
 For others, the installation procedure has only been tested with earlier
 distributions, as we don't have those systems anymore.
 However,
-the pdp_v7, vax_bsd4_1a, sun3 and m68 systems are known to behave
+the vax_bsd4_1a, sun3 and m68 systems are known to behave
 reasonably.
 The Sun systems should run Release 3.0 or newer.
 For ANY you can use any name you fancy,
@@ -445,10 +445,6 @@ See also the section 8.2.
 .IP \-
 Automatically editing a few description files that tell
 ACK to use your system's assembler.
-On the VAX the Kit uses the native assembler and linker.
-The description file lib/vax4/descr has to be altered to prevent
-attempts to assemble programs with unsuitable assemblers.
-The original descr file is copied to descr.orig.
 .IP \-
 The VAX backend cannot be booted on systems
 with a 16-bit address space systems.
@@ -457,11 +453,7 @@ the table into files suitable for the C-compiler.
 Therefore files tables1.h and tables1.c have been provided in
 the directory mach/vax4/cg.
 These must be copied to tables.h and tables.c
-to get working code-generators for the VAX on PDP11's.
+to get working code-generators for the VAX on these small machines.
-You will hardly be able to use these, because the 
-code generated by these programs cannot be
-assembled and loaded without a native VAX assembler,
-but its nice to be able to look at the code produced.
 The same problem occurs for the m68k2 backend and the m68020 backend,
 and the same solution is chosen.
 .IP \-
@@ -471,7 +463,7 @@ builtin preprocessor. Arangements are made to this effect.
 On the PDP, 
 .I ranlib
 is not used, because it does not work properly,
-at least, on our 2.9 BSD system it does'nt. 
+at least, on our 2.9 BSD system it did'nt. 
 This is done by creating a dummy shell script
 .I ranlib
 in the ACK bin directory.
@@ -786,12 +778,12 @@ l l l l l l l.
 command	system	i/p	languages	fp	dir	remarks
 
 pdp	PDP/UNIX V7	2/2	C	*	pdp	needs sep. I/D
-			Pascal			No assembler
+			Pascal
 			Basic
 			Occam
 			Modula-2
 
-vax4	VAX/BSD 4.?	4/4	C	*	vax4	No assembler
+vax4	VAX/BSD 4.?	4/4	C	*	vax4
 	System V.2		Pascal
 			Basic
 			Occam
@@ -857,7 +849,7 @@ xenix3	Microsoft Xenix V3	2/2	C	+	xenix3	IBM AT with Xenix
 			Occam
 			Modula-2
 
-i386	SCO Xenix System V	4/4	C	+	i386	Intel 80386 system with Xenix System V
+i386	SCO Xenix System V	4/4	C	+	i386	Intel 80386, Xenix System V
 			Pascal
 			Basic
 			Occam
@@ -941,7 +933,6 @@ The first one can only interpret 2/2 e.out files,
 the second takes 2/4 and 4/4 files,
 and the last one takes 2/2, 2/4 and 4/4.
 The PDP 11 interpreter executes floating point instructions.
-The interpreter for the M68000 traps if you try to use floating point.
 .LP
 The program \fBem\fP in the bin directory calls the appropriate
 interpreter.
@@ -957,8 +948,6 @@ for C and Basic programs on any UNIX machine.
 The presence of most UNIX utilities is essential for compilation.
 A few of the programs you certainly need are: C-compiler, Yacc, sed,
 make and lex.
-Except for the Pascal compiler proper all programs 
-can be translated on a normal UNIX system, like V7, BSD4.1.
 .NH 2
 Backend
 .PP
@@ -970,21 +959,9 @@ not work on your system is fairly straightforward.
 If no backend exists for your CPU type you have to write one yourself
 which is a major undertaking.
 .NH 2
-Pascal
-.PP
-When you can produce executable code it is also possible to boot the Pascal
-Compiler,
-which is written in Pascal itself.
-The Kit contains the compact code files for the 2/2, 4/4 and 2/4
-versions of the Pascal compiler.
-The Makefile automatically tries to boot the Pascal compiler
-from one of these compact code files, if the compiler proves
-unable to compile itself.
-.NH 2
 Universal assembler/loader, link editor
 .PP
-The native assemblers and loaders are used on PDP-11 and VAX.
+The description files in lib/*/descr use our
-The description files in lib/*/descr for other systems use our
 universal assembler and for most machines our link editor.
 The load file produced is not directly
 usable in any system known to us,
@@ -1004,7 +981,7 @@ See modules/man/object.3.
 Compiling libraries
 .PP
 The Kit contains sources for part II and III of the C-library.
-These files can be used to make libraries for the Ack C-compiler.
+These files can be used to make libraries for the ACK C-compiler.
 The recompilation process uses a few include files.
 The include directory in the EM home directory contains the include files
 it needs.
@@ -1021,17 +998,11 @@ as \fIacc\fP, \fIcc\fP, \fIabc\fP, \fIapc\fP, \fIpc\fP, \fIocm\fP,
 \fIm2\fP, or \fIack\fP.
 The machine name used for default is determined by the
 definition of ACKM in h/local.h.
-The Kit is distributed with "vax4" as the default machine,
+The Kit is distributed with "sun3" as the default machine,
 but the shell script "first" in the directory "first" alters this
 to suit your own system.
 There is nothing against using the Kit as a cross-compiler
 and by default produce code that can't run on your own system.
-But...., you have to alter the Makefile for the Pascal frontend
-in that case.
-That Makefile assumes that calling \fBapc\fP and \fBacc\fP will
-produce a.out's that can run on your own system.
-Change the definitions of ACC and APC in that Makefile according to your
-needs.
 .NH 2
 Pathnames
 .PP
@@ -1043,7 +1014,7 @@ directory.
 The definition of EM_DIR in em_path.h should be altered to
 specify the root
 directory for the Compiler Kit distribution on your system.
-This is done automatically the the shell script "first" in the
+This is done automatically by the shell script "first" in the
 directory "first".
 Em_path.h also specifies which directory should be used for
 temporary files.