Re: EPROM Programmer

What you are seeing with your eprom programmer is the (hex record
representation) of that data that is stored in the eprom. The data
represents the machine code, which is a level down from the assembly
language of the processor. When software is written, especially when
it is done so in a high level language, the code is then turned into
blocks in assembly or machine language by a compiler. These blocks,
called the object code, contain program statements and data are then
assembled into a program image by the linker, which is what you are
seeing. This image, however, is highly machine dependant and it is
generally not possible to run the software on anything other than what
it was designed for. On top of the hardware dependancy, it can be very
difficult to decode the software back into an intelligble form the hex
record.

Adding all of the complexitiies I mention above and more,
unfortunately, I don't see how it would be possible to copy a rom chip
from a PC and use this to add functionality to a different application.

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