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| Reviving the Pakon film scanner (ktkaufman03.github.io) | ||
| recommended by 2 users | 2022 | 249 points by ktkaufman | reverse engineering | original thread | | ||
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| triggercut Sep 15, 2022 | on: Ask HN: How do I write a Linux driver for my 15 year old… | context |
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robocat Jan 26, 2023 | on: I Almost Bought a Scanner | context
Also see a hacker with an excellent write-up about getting a commercial Kodak (OEM Pakon) 35mm scanner from the 2000’s working on Windows 11: https://ktkaufman03.github.io/blog/2022/09/04/pakon-reverse-... discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32714806 |
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There was a really good article posted the other day here, and while focusing on windows, gives a lot of interesting tips for investigating the history of how the driver package was put together and who wrote the driver and using that to help.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32714806