--- trunk/README	2007/10/08 16:18:11	6
+++ trunk/README	2007/10/08 16:19:23	20
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Gavare's eXperimental Emulator   --   GXemul 0.3.3.1
-====================================================
+Gavare's eXperimental Emulator   --   GXemul 0.3.7
+==================================================
 
 Copyright (C) 2003-2005  Anders Gavare.
 
@@ -7,11 +7,23 @@
 Overview
 --------
 
-GXemul is an experimental instruction-level machine emulator. It can be
-used to run binary code for (among others) MIPS-based machines. Several
-emulation modes are available. For some emulation modes, processors and
-surrounding hardware components are emulated well enough to let unmodified
-operating systems (eg. NetBSD) run as if they were running on a real machine.
+GXemul is an experimental instruction-level machine emulator. Several
+emulation modes are available. In some modes, processors and surrounding
+hardware components are emulated well enough to let unmodified operating
+systems (e.g. NetBSD) run as if they were running on a real machine.
+
+MIPS processors are emulated using either a simple binary translation 
+layer ("recompilation"), which is used on Alpha and i386 hosts, or by 
+traditional interpretation (very very slow, but works on any host platform).
+
+ARM and PowerPC processors are emulated using a newer dynamic translation
+system. Performance is somewhere between traditional interpretation and
+dynamic recompilation; however, the dynamic translation system used in
+GXemul does NOT require platform-specific back-end code. In plain English,
+this means that the dyntrans system works on any host platform.
+
+(PowerPC emulation is still relatively new in 0.3.7, so dont't expect too 
+much from it.)
 
 
 Quick start
@@ -20,8 +32,15 @@
 To compile, type './configure' and then 'make'. This should work on most
 Unix-like systems. If not, then please mail me a bug report.
 
-Please read the the documentation in the doc/ sub-directory for more
-detailed information on how to use the emulator.
+If you are impatient, and want to try out running a guest operating system 
+inside GXemul, please read this:  doc/guestoses.html#netbsdinstall
+
+If you want to use GXemul for experimenting with code of your own, 
+then I suggest you compile a Hello World program according to the tips 
+listed here:  doc/experiments.html#hello
+
+Please read the rest of the documentation in the doc/ sub-directory for
+more detailed information on how to use the emulator.
 
 
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