diff --git a/Old_Packages/Stl_port/changes.txt b/Old_Packages/Stl_port/changes.txt
index 87fb6cd0229..ca6cf809a4b 100755
--- a/Old_Packages/Stl_port/changes.txt
+++ b/Old_Packages/Stl_port/changes.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+1.0 (7/2/01)
+added support for VC7.0 beta1 native STL
+removed stlport/sc5, stlport/bc50, stlport/old_hp.
+
 0.6.1 (08/12/00)
 a bit more cleanup in cgal_vector.h
 
diff --git a/Old_Packages/Stl_port/description.txt b/Old_Packages/Stl_port/description.txt
index 6efbd22ae44..b18ae19b7d2 100644
--- a/Old_Packages/Stl_port/description.txt
+++ b/Old_Packages/Stl_port/description.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
+1) stlport/
 A "hacked" STLport for use with MSVC-6.
 Based on STLport V3.2.1.
+
+2) vc7/
+fixes for the native STL of VC7.0
diff --git a/Old_Packages/Stl_port/long_description.txt b/Old_Packages/Stl_port/long_description.txt
index 6641d1ab8b6..3c6495e29eb 100644
--- a/Old_Packages/Stl_port/long_description.txt
+++ b/Old_Packages/Stl_port/long_description.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-STLport is a multiplatform implementation of C++ STL; see
+Contents:
+1) VC6 support
+2) VC70 support
+
+1) STLport is a multiplatform implementation of C++ STL; see
 http://www.stlport.org
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -40,3 +44,19 @@ all T's for which vector<T> is present.
 hence CGAL_DEFINE_ITERATOR_TRAITS_POINTER_SPEC(T) would be still
 needed in this case).
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+2) VC7.0 native STL needs the same treatment of iterator_traits
+for pointer types as VC6. The type  iterator_traits is by itself
+defined OK.
+ 
+So CGAL_DEFINE_ITERATOR_TRAITS_POINTER_SPEC(T) is still there,
+(file vc7/stl_iterator_base.h)
+but instead of STLport the native STL is used (it's considerably updated
+w.r.t. VC6 STL).
+
+File vc7/iterator contains also some fixes for <algorithm> header.
+(extra overloads for functions _Iter_cat, _Dist_type, _Val_type).
+
+
+
diff --git a/Old_Packages/Stl_port/version b/Old_Packages/Stl_port/version
index 0887a8331df..a7550b7ab72 100755
--- a/Old_Packages/Stl_port/version
+++ b/Old_Packages/Stl_port/version
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-0.6.1 (08 Dec 2000)
+1.0 (07 Feb 2001)
 maintainer: Dima Pasechnik <d.pasechnik@twi.tudelft.nl>