How to build Python 2.2.1 on Windows?

[David Lees]

I have been playing with Python for awhile and would like to know how to
try building Python on a Windows machine that has MS C++ version 6.  Is
there a standard download that is configured to do this?  If not could
someone point me in the direction of information on builds?  I
downloaded Python-2.2.1.tgz.tar on my Win98 box and WinZip 8 does not
even seem to know how to unzip it.  I just transfered the tar file over
to a linux box and it unzips without and problem using tar.  The README
seems to only talk about linux/unix type systems.

David Lees