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Scanjet Music

Posted by Hemos on from the the-hills-are-alive dept.

Popadopolis writes "Hack a day is reporting that HP Scanjets have a hidden ability to play music. According to the article, "The HP ScanJet 3c/4c have a variable speed scan head that is driven by a stepper motor. The Play Tune command can be used to move the head at different frequencies." They also have a video of a scanner playing "Fur Elise.""

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  1. how old is this? by weierstrass · · Score: 3, Informative

    yesterday, this link was posted in a comment as part of the discussion to a story "guy makes scanner out of optical mouse". a couple of other posts pointed out that hackaday.com has lots more stuff like this.
    today it makes the front page.
    slow news day?

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  2. ScanJet 4p song in firmware by kisielk · · Score: 3, Informative

    My ScanJet 4p has "Ode to Joy" embedded in the firmware. If you set the SCSI channel to 0 and hold the green "scan" button on the front while switching on the power, it will play. I always thought this was a neat easter egg..