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Legacy Hardware Archive & Emulator

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devtools speculative added: Saturday March 2026 22:19

A software suite allowing users to dump and archive firmware from legacy hardware like Lego NXT bricks (from Hacker News), providing a historical record and a platform for reverse engineering and research. Will include basic emulation capabilities for testing and analysis.

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C# Medium devtools

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Dumping Lego NXT firmware off of an existing brick