Re: It's not a bug, It's a feature

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From: Paul Campbell
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1989 08:19

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In article <d7G7029...@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> litt...@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Tom Littauer) writes:
>A less-known feature was that you could play music on the line printer by
>sending character sequences that caused the hammers to fire into the paper
>at the required frequencies. (true, did it myself)

I once saw a tape for a baudot teleprinter which when sent printed a
Xmas card (with picture) and played 'Jingle Bells' on the remote printer
at the same time

	Paul

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From: paul@taniwha.UUCP (Paul Campbell)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: It's not a bug, It's a feature
Message-ID: <438@taniwha.UUCP>
Date: 13 Dec 89 08:19:40 GMT
References: <30901@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> <5675@cps3xx.UUCP> </0_4H&@rpi.edu> <30914@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> <3077@iitmax.IIT.EDU> <44125@bu-cs.BU.EDU> <d7G7029K73BD01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
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