Mention what Syn68k is in README

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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
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My email address is still <ctm@ardi.com>, 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