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 ###### *Started September 26, 2021*
 
-An emulator for m68k CPUs and devices
+An emulator for m68k CPUs and devices.  I originally started this project to
+distract myself while recovering from a bout of sickness.  The idea was to
+emulate the computer I had built as part of the
+[computie project](https://github.com/transistorfet/computie).
+
+Currently it can run the monitor program and load the kernel across serial
+(or the kernel can be loaded directly into memory), and it can boot the kernel,
+but an error occurs as soon as the kernel runs.  It doesn't yet have interrupt
+support, but that will be the next thing added.