diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
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--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
         
                              C A N T E R A
 
-                              release 1.5
+                              release 1.6
 
-                               12/14/2004
-
-      Copyright (c) 2001-2004 California Institute of Technology
+                               6/2005
 
+      Copyright (c) 2001-2005 California Institute of Technology
 
+***************************************************************
+***                                                         ***
+***   For information on installing and using Cantera, see  ***
+***        http://www.cantera.org/Documentation             ***
+***                                                         ***
+***************************************************************
 
 License information
 ===================
@@ -22,8 +27,8 @@ holders.
 Web sites
 ==========
 
-The main Cantera web site is http://www.cantera.org. This primarily serves
-as a gateway to the other two web sites:
+The main Cantera web site is http://www.cantera.org. This serves as a
+gateway to the other two web sites:
 
 1. The Cantera User's Group. http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/cantera.   
    This site has a message board, and some miscellaneous files and utilities. 
@@ -31,124 +36,3 @@ as a gateway to the other two web sites:
 2. The Cantera Sourceforge site. Distribution of the Cantera source code is
    done using Sourceforge. The site is http://sourceforge.net/projects/cantera.
 
-
-Installing a Binary Version of Cantera
-======================================
-
-Binary installers are available for the Windows and Mac platforms. If
-you want to install from one of these, download the appropriate
-installer from the Cantera Sourceforge site and run it. This is the
-simplest option if you want a standard installation, and plan to
-primarily use Cantera from Python or MATLAB. 
-
-
-
-Building Cantera from the source code
-=====================================
-
-
-1) Unix/linux/cygwin/Mac OSX build procedure
---------------------------------------------
-
-Run the 'configure' script to build the Makefiles. 
-
-By default, 'make install' will install under '/usr/local' on
-linux/unix, and '/Applications/Cantera' on OS X. If you want to
-install Cantera somewhere else, run 'configure' with the 'prefix'
-option. For example, to install in directory 'cantera' within your
-home directory:
-
-configure --prefix=$HOME/cantera
-
-If necessary, edit 'configure' to set options appropriate for your
-system before running it.
-
-After running 'configure', type:
-
-make
-make install
-
-The last one may need to be run as super-user.
-
-To test the installation, type
-
-make test
-
-After running 'make install', a script 'setup_cantera' will be written
-to your home directory. Run it using 'source'
-to configure the environment before using Cantera. You may want to add the line
-
-source ~/setup_cantera
-
-to your login script.
-
-The build process requires a 'make' utility compatible with GNU
-'make'.  If this has a different name on your system, define
-environment variable MAKE to the name (e.g. 'gmake') before running
-'configure'.
-
-This procedure also builds the Python and MATLAB interfaces if 
-your system is configured to use them. The requirements are:
-    -- Python 2.x + NumPy for the Python interface
-    -- MATLAB 13 or 14 for the MATLAB toolbox.
-If either is missing or an error occurs, the interface is not installed.
-
-Note that your C++ compiler must be compatible with the compiler used
-to compile Python or MATLAB. For MATLAB 14, this means you will need
-to build Cantera with g++ 3.x, while for MATLAB 13, you will need to
-use g++ 2.95.
-
-
-2) Windows Build Procedure
---------------------------
-
-Cantera can be built under Windows using Visual C++ .NET. See the
-document "cantera-vc7" at the Sourceforge site under "Cantera
-Documentation / Building and Installing" for more details.
-
-
-Configuring Matlab
---------------------
-
-The Matlab toolbox uses one compiled MEX program written in C++.
-Before you can build it, Matlab needs to be configured
-for your compiler. In Matlab type:
-
-mex -setup
-
-and enter the number for the compiler you wish to use.
-
-The Matlab toolbox is built automatically by the Cantera build
-process, but can also be built manually.  To build the MEX file needed
-for the Matlab toolbox, within Matlab go to to the 'cantera' directory
-containing the toolbox and type 'buildux' on unix/linux/Mac OS X, or
-'buildwin' on Windows.
-
-
-Configuring Python
----------------------
-
-Before you can build the Python interface, you need to have Python 2.0
-or greater, and the 'numarray' or 'Numeric' package must be
-installed. Python is available at www.python.org, and numarray and
-Numeric are available through SourceForge (project 'NumPy')
-
-
-Customizing
------------
-
-Before running configure, the following environment variables may be set:
-
-MAKE                     set to 'make' utility compatible with GNU make
-
-CXX                      C++ compiler
-
-F77                      Fortran 77 compiler
-
-PYTHON_CMD               Python interpreter to use with Cantera 
-                         (default: 'python')
-
-MATLAB_CMD               Matlab command (default: 'matlab')
-
-Additional customization can be done by editing the configure script.
-