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     COMEDILIB
-    The Linux Control and Measurement Interface Library
+    The Linux Control and Measurement Device Interface Library
     David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>
 
 
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ Comedi supports a variety of data acquisition hardware; an
 incomplete list can be found in the Comedi source.
 
 This distribution contains only the user-space library.  You will
-almost certainly also want to download the Comedi kernel modules.
+almost certainly also want to download the Comedi kernel modules
+found in the "comedi" tarball.  Also, the calibration programs
+comedi_calibrate and comedi_soft_calibrate can be found in the
+"comedi_calibrate" tarball.  A few boards also need firmware
+found in the "comedi-nonfree-firmware" tarball.
 
 * Installation:
 
@@ -24,24 +28,40 @@ Installation instructions are found in INSTALL.
 
 * Mailing List:
 
-Comedi has a mailing list.  Send "subscribe comedi" to
-comedi-request@stm.lbl.gov to subscribe.  Traffic is light, and mainly
-questions/answers about comedi installation, bugs, and programming.
-General questions about data acquisition are also welcome.
-Alternatively, you can subscribe and unsubscribe at
-http://stm.lbl.gov/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/comedi.
-You can always unsubscribe by sendinging "unsubscribe" (spell
-it correctly!) to comedi-request@stm.lbl.gov.
+Questions about Comedi and Comedilib should be sent to the Comedi
+mailing list, <comedi_list@googlegroups.com>.  It is necessary to
+join the group before posting (see below).  It is also possible to
+post to the list using the web interface (see below).  Mailing the
+maintainer directly is always acceptable, but since the mailing list
+is archived and questions are often answered more quickly by others,
+the mailing list is preferred.
+
+To subscribe to and unsubscribe from the mailing list, or to read or
+post messages via the web interface, go to
+<http://groups.google.com/group/comedi_list>.  Alternatively, you
+can send a blank email to <comedi_list+subscribe@googlegroups.com>
+to subscribe, or to <comedi_list+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com> to
+unsubscribe (making sure the "From:" email address matches the
+address you originally subscribed with!).
+
+Traffic on the list is light, and mainly questions/answers about
+comedi installation, bugs, and programming.  General questions
+about data acquisition are also welcome.
 
 * More Information:
 
-Comedi also has a web page, at http://stm.lbl.gov/comedi.  New versions
-of comedi can be found on the ftp site ftp://stm.lbl.gov/pub/comedi.
+Comedi also has a web page at <http://www.comedi.org/> from where
+updated versions may be downloaded.
 
 Often bugfixes and new features that are not in the current release
-can be found in the CVS repository.  Instructions for anonymous CVS
-access to the Comedi and Comedilib repositories are found at
-http://oss.lineo.com/cvs_anon.html.
+can be found in the Git repository.  Instructions for access to the
+Comedi and Comedilib repositories can be found at
+<http://www.comedi.org/download.html>.  Git snapshots for Comedilib
+can be created automatically at
+<http://comedi.org/git?p=comedi/comedilib.git;a=tree>.  The Git
+repository can be cloned locally using:
+
+  git clone git://comedi.org/git/comedilib.git
 
 Comedilib may be freely distibuted and modified in accordance with
 the GNU Lesser General Public License.  Portions of the Comedilib
@@ -49,5 +69,5 @@ distribution fall under different licenses; see the individual files
 for details.
 
 The person behind all this misspelled humor is David Schleef
-<ds@schleef.org>, or http://stm.lbl.gov/~ds.
+<ds@schleef.org>.