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3D-Printed replacement case for external modem (imgur.com)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I invested way more time in designing this then I should have, but the original was brittle and breaking and I didn't want this slice of early Internet to disappear into a landfill.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Nice. Might come in handy for others considering how common that USR modem design was. I would have liked to see a power-on shot to see how well the PETG lights worked.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I'll post it to Printables.com soon. I'm not sure how common the brittle plastic issue was but, yeah, there seem to be a lot of variations using this exact same case design.

I haven't seen the LEDs yet since I've lost the power supply, but I've used the same PETG pipe technique a couple of times before and it works great.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I've posted it online now as well as included a pic of the LEDs lit up through the PETG pipes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I love this. When we were actually using that type of modem as a daily driver we only dreamed about object replicators or using a computer to make physical objects with additive manufacturing at home! This is an awesome bridge to the past.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I am really confused about the way you spelled "modem". Did you use OCR to write this post? Or have you never heard the word said out loud?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I'm confused how I would have written that as well. Coincidental for sure. I think I did have "modern" in the title initially and didn't realize editing left it since it's similar. I dunno.

I speak English and I'm actually old enough to know what modem stands for, unfortunately 😂.

edit: It was autocorrect apparently. It happened again and was almost impossible to detect because of the similarity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I thought I had something on my screen at first 😅. And that's not that old, I consider myself to be relatively young, and clearly remember using a 56k modem.