Along similar lines I used Codex to reverse engineer and build a modern driver for the niche, proprietary Sony USB protocol for an old camcorder I have lying around, having never done anything like that or used Rust before. It feels like LLMs could be a huge force in making older hardware usable again.
"A BBC/National Geographic documentary is being made about the project. This will probably air first in the UK and in the US in November, .." - so I guess they will have a lot more cool pics. (BBC Website)
https://github.com/alexnorton/handycam-rs