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ScanJet Music

Published on 2006-01-06 by Mark VandeWettering

Wow, now that’s what I call a waste of time!  The HP ScanJet apparently supports an unofficial command (documented in one of their old journal articles) which allows you to play musical notes by varying the stepper motor drive frequencies.  That’s, just…. I’m speechless.  Maybe you could rig your monitor to sing harmony with your scanner.

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