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Re: Download program code from the RCX
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Date: 
Mon, 5 Apr 1999 04:26:20 GMT
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Mark Crosbie <mcrosbie@cup.hp.com> wrote:
By some twist of fate I lost the source code for a robot project I was
working on. However, the object code still resides in my RCX.  I would
like to pull it off the RCX and disassemble it, so I can start work on it
again. I had originally written it in nqc, and I have a rough idea of how
it was structured. It used a set of prioritized tasks that interrupted
each other to build a subsumption style architecture.

The only tools I've found so far for Linux allow me to download the datalogs.
Are there any tools to download the program contents of the RCX?

You are SOL.  The standard firmware does not allow you to retrieve data
from the program area of the RCX.  No amount of hacking will fix things.
Modified firmware could help you, but you can't download new firmware
without destroying the current contents of your RCX, including the object
code you seek.

-Kekoa



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  Download program code from the RCX
 
Hi all, By some twist of fate I lost the source code for a robot project I was working on. However, the object code still resides in my RCX. I would like to pull it off the RCX and disassemble it, so I can start work on it again. I had originally (...) (26 years ago, 4-Apr-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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