From 54d305085302a66735df7fdc09599a839423f0d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Clifford T. Matthews" Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:42:45 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Mention what Syn68k is in README --- README | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index c0a68b3..1db0506 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +Syn68k is a "synthetic CPU" that executes Motorola 68LC040 +instructions, either via interpretation or via compilation into Intel +ia32 instructions. It was originally written to allow Executor (a +Macintosh emulator) to run on platforms that didn't contain a 680x0 +CPU. Executor first ran on the Sun-3, and then on NeXT computers. + Syn68k has not been actively worked on since about 1995. When it was originally written, there were a bunch of alterable variables in various Makefiles that allowed us to build Syn68k for many different @@ -80,7 +86,7 @@ runtime/i486-optimize.pl doesn't do the right thing either. My email address is still , although ARDI itself is defunct. I get a ridiculous amount of spam and will quite possibly -not see email addressed to me. Most likely I'll be checking my github -(I'm ctm) mail daily. +not see email addressed to me. I'm ctm on github (http://github.com) +and typically check my email there once a day. --Cliff Matthews