diff --git a/lib/_sc/Readme.txt b/lib/_sc/Readme.txt
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+This directory contains files for the Digitalmars compiler, currently 8.34 beta
+to resolve externals which are not present in the .lib files released by DigitalMars.
+
+Chris Elliott, biol75@york.ac.uk, 07 May 03
diff --git a/lib/_sc/shell32_sc.def b/lib/_sc/shell32_sc.def
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+LIBRARY shell32
+EXETYPE NT
+SUBSYSTEM WINDOWS
+EXPORTS
+    _ExtractIconA@12 = ExtractIconA
+    _ExtractIconExA@20 = ExtractIconExA
+
diff --git a/lib/_sc/wsock32_sc.def b/lib/_sc/wsock32_sc.def
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+LIBRARY wsock32
+EXETYPE NT
+SUBSYSTEM WINDOWS
+EXPORTS
+    _WSACleanup@0 = WSACleanup
+    _gethostbyaddr@12 = gethostbyaddr
+    _gethostbyname@4 = gethostbyname
+    _gethostname@8 = gethostname
+    _WSAStartup@8 = WSAStartup
+
+