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 #  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
+
+# So we do not commit the compiled specifications for every small change 
+*.pdf
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+#set page(
+paper:"a4",
+background: rotate(24deg,
+  text(48pt, fill: rgb("FFCBC4"))[
+    *WORK IN PROGRESS*
+  ]
+))
+
+= SVC16: A Simple Virtual Computer
+
+== Motivation and Goals
+
+We want to fully specify a very simple virtual computer that can be emulated.
+The goal is to recreate the feeling of writing games for a system with very tight hardware constraints without having to deal with the complicated reality of real retro systems. 
+It should be simple to understand every instruction, to write machine code that runs on it, and to write a compiler for it.
+The instruction set and the design in general are in no way meant to resemble something that would make sense in real hardware.
+It is also not intended to be as simple and elegant as it could possibly be. This might make it easier to explain but harder to develop for.
+Since learning about assemblers and compilers is the point, we provide no guidelines on how to build the programs.
+
+=== Reproducibility
+
+The biggest secondary goal is to design a system that behaves the same everywhere.
+The question of how the emulation is run should never matter for the person writing the program or game.
+This means there can be no features that might only available in one implementation. 
+It also means, that the performance characteristics must be the same.
+An emulator can either run the system at the intended speed, or it can not. 
+
+
+
+== General Principles
+
+== The Simulated System
+=== Screen and Colors 
+=== Input
+=== Synchronization
+
+
+== Instruction Set
+
+
+