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This is why computers used to have that cup holder that would slide out and give you a place to put it.

When you weren't using it you could even put a music CD in it and it would play music right through your computer speakers!

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I actually had a cup holder for a drive bay that was intended as one, it even had a cigarette lighter!

https://sep.yimg.com/ay/yhst-39083765508394/thermaltake-x-ra...

https://youtu.be/_ErL39wqO-c

An in-depth review of this unit

Do they still sell these?

One of the very few things that make me lament not being a smoker.

Every smoking accessory is awesome, the smoking in itself, not so much.

You can use the lighter socket to plug in a car-USB charger, inverter, or other wacky gadgets

I was so hoping that the cup holder would be heated, but alas not. Such a missed opportunity!

I can recall being called into the CEO's office one day, close the door he says. I'm thinking uh-oh nothing good can come after that statement. He proceeds to tell me that he put a CD into the floppy drive and could I please remove it. I was sworn to confidentiality, never happened.

I want to check the validity of your story, but unfortunately I can't find a CD, or a floppy drive.

I guess it could fit in 5.25"?

Or one of those little CDs, business card size for example.

Yeah, exactly. Showing my age here.

Or a little later, if you were anything like me, run a little homegrown music piracy operation for your entire high school!

Someone very much like you caused one of my first run-ins with the law! One day when I was in high school, the police asked me to come down to the police station for a chat. The police chief asked me if I was the one who "copyrighted them there CDs".

(For the record, I wasn't. I wasn't going to be doing much for-profit piracy on a dial-up connection.)

According to my brother, Dreamcast game piracy was where the money was...

Dreamcast was easy to pirate. But I think there were only a couple kids in my entire High School that even had one.

Later when they were cheap to buy used I think the piracy scene really picked up.

We still use the foot pedals to this day..

And if you used it, it would pour coffee right through your computer speakers! Magik!

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