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3D-Printed replacement case for external modem (imgur.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 5 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 2 years 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.

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    • [–] 2 points 2 years 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.

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    [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    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?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    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.

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    • [–] [B] 0 points 2 years ago

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