Minor edits - remove obsolete info from Windows README

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@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ This is the directory where you configure and compile the Windows
version of Tcl. This directory also contains source files for Tcl
that are specific to Microsoft Windows.
The information in this file is maintained on the web at:
https://www.tcl-lang.org/doc/howto/compile.html#win
2. Compiling Tcl
----------------
@@ -48,9 +44,6 @@ In order to compile Tcl for Windows, you need the following:
(win32 or win64, IX86, AMD64 or ARM64)
In practice, this release is built with Visual C++ 6.0 and the TEA
Makefile.
If you are building with Visual C++, in the "win" subdirectory of the
source release, you will find "makefile.vc". This is the makefile for the
Visual C++ compiler and uses the stock NMAKE tool. Detailed directions for
@@ -58,9 +51,6 @@ using it, are in the comments of "makefile.vc". A quick example would be:
C:\tcl_source\win\>nmake -f makefile.vc
There is also a Developer Studio workspace and project file, too, if you
would like to use them.
If you are building with Linux, Cygwin or Msys, you can use the configure
script that lives in the win subdirectory. The Linux/Cygwin/Msys based
configure/build process works just like the UNIX one, so you will want
@@ -80,13 +70,11 @@ Use the Makefile "install" target to install Tcl. It will install it
according to the prefix options you provided in the correct directory
structure.
Note that in order to run tclsh90.exe, you must ensure that tcl90.dll,
Note that in order to run tclsh90.exe, you must ensure that tcl91.dll,
libtommath.dll and zlib1.dll are on your path, in the system
directory, or in the directory containing tclsh90.exe.
directory, or in the directory containing tclsh91.exe.
Note: Tcl no longer provides support for systems earlier than Windows 7.
You will also need the Windows Universal C runtime (UCRT):
[https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/update-for-universal-c-runtime-in-windows-c0514201-7fe6-95a3-b0a5-287930f3560c]
Note: Tcl 9.1 does not support systems earlier than Windows 10.
3. Test suite
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# to start a command shell using one of the short cuts installed by
# Visual Studio/Windows SDK for the appropriate target architecture.
#
# NOTE: For older (Visual C++ 6 or the 2003 SDK), to use the Platform
# SDK (not expressly needed), run setenv.bat after vcvars32.bat
# according to the instructions for it. This can also turn on the
# 64-bit compiler, if your SDK has it.
#
# Basic macros and options usable on the commandline (see rules.vc for more info):
# OPTS=nomsvcrt,noembed,nothreads,pdbs,profile,static,symbols,thrdalloc,unchecked,none
# Sets special options for the core. The default is for none.