NQC · BrickCC

The classic toolchain for an RCX, and for the targets that answer to the same commands — Scout, CyberMaster, Spybotics. If you have a brick and a tower, this is still the shortest path.

Components

• NQC ("Not Quite C") by Dave Baum — C-like language compiled to RCX bytecode, sent over the IR tower per RCX IR protocol. Also flashes firmware (nqc -firmware firm0332.lgo).
• BrickCC / Bricx Command Center (BricxCC) — Windows IDE around NQC (and later NXC) with a firmware/upload GUI.

It also makes an emitter

The rcxvll.nqh library (rcxvll.nqh (pbrick)) is NQC, and it turns an RCX into a VLL sender.

Links

• NQC: bricxcc.sourceforge.net/nqc · source github.com/jverne/nqc
• BricxCC: bricxcc.sourceforge.net · github.com/BrickBot/BricxCC
• macOS RCX toolchain: github.com/Glitchbone/mindstorms-rcx-osx-tools
• Opcodes/protocol: RCX Internals (Kekoa Proudfoot)