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.
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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azl@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 2y
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.
piranhaphish@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
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.
piranhaphish@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
I've posted it online now as well as included a pic of the LEDs lit up through the PETG pipes.
Funkymatt@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
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.
anguo@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
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?
piranhaphish@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
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.
anguo@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
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.
tagginator@utter.online · 0 pts · 2y
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