pilot-getrom(1)

🌸 pilot-getrom(1) — bestie edition 🌸

okay so this is a page from the PILOT-LINK manual, specifically the pilot-link: Tools section, and it's about the little utility called pilot-getrom. buckle up, we're pulling ROMs 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

pilot-getrom [-p|--port <port>] [--version] [-?|--help] [--usage]
[-q|--quiet] [-t|--token  token] [-s|--sysinfo] [--ram] [--rom]
[filename]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so pilot-getrom is the girl who fetches the ROM off your Palm handheld, specifically so you can debug Palm applications using POSE, the Palm OS Emulator application. literally her whole job. iconic.

⚠️ real talk though — because pilot-getrom uses the low-level RPC protocol to fetch the ROM image, and the new OS5 devices do not use this protocol, you currently cannot fetch an OS5 ROM image using this utility. it's giving "not yet, bestie." this will be updated in a future release to handle fetching OS5 ROM images, using the debugger protocol. 🦋

🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

🍓 pilot-getrom options

• -t, --token token — a ROM token to read (i.e. snum)
• -s, --sysinfo — print SysInfo
• --ram — read RAM
• --rom — read ROM
• filename — write the ROM image to the file named by filename. if this is omitted, the filename will be written out as the rom version name as follows: pilot-$VERSION.rom, where an OS 3.5 image would be written as the filename of pilot-3.5.0.rom. no cap, it names itself 💫

🦋 Conduit Options

• -p, --port port — use device file port to communicate with the Palm handheld. if this is not specified, pilot-getrom will look for the $PILOTPORT environment variable. if neither are found or supplied, pilot-getrom will print the usage information. she's gotta know where to find your Palm, okay?? 😭
• -q, --quiet — suppress the 'Hit HotSync button' message
• -v, --version — display version of pilot-getrom and exit without connecting.

🧚 Help Options

• -h, --help — display the help synopsis for pilot-getrom and exit without connecting.
• --usage — display a brief usage message and exit without connecting.

⭐ USAGE ⭐

connect to a target Palm handheld and fetch the ROM for use in debugging Palm applications through the use of POSE, the Palm OS Emulator or with the CoPilot application (deprecated). iykyk 🫶

🌈 LICENSING 🌈

🚨 Warning: Please completely back up your Palm before using this program! The developers of pilot-link are not responsible for any data loss that may occur from the use of this application. like, back it up first, please, i'm begging 🙈

use of this program MAY place you in violation of your license agreement with Palmsource, Inc. or other OEM partners. please read your Palm documentation (specifically the "Software License Agreement") before running this program. read the fine print bestie, it's not a vibe to skip it 💀

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

pilot-getrom was originally written by Kenneth Albanowski.

this manual page was converted to XML by Neil Williams <linux@codehelp.co.uk> — shoutout to the queen who did the XML ✨

💜 BUGS 💜

🌸 Known Bugs

pilot-getrom does not work with OS5 devices as yet, due to changes in the architecture and design of the Palm HotSync protocol and file type changes from m68k to ARM. other than that, pilot-getrom has no known bugs at this time. slay, honestly 👑

🦋 Reporting Bugs

we have an online bug tracker. using this is the only way to ensure that your bugs are recorded and that we can track them until they are resolved or closed. reporting bugs via email, while easy, is not very useful in terms of accountability. please point your browser to http://bugs.pilot-link.org: http://bugs.pilot-link.org and report your bugs and issues there. (yes, the URL is in there twice, i don't make the rules 💫)

👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

this program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

this program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. see the GNU General Public License for more details.

you should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

pilot-getram (1), pilot-link(7).

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okay that's the whole page, mwah 💖 this was version 0.13.0, Copyright 1996-2007 FSF — go forth and grab those ROMs responsibly, bestie 🎀💅🫶