Yep. 12v is 12v, PSUs had more than enough amps on that rail, so it was a real accessory. Meant as kind of a gag gift, I did see these sell from time to time working computer retail. Having worked on smoker family friends' computers, I hoped our techs would never need to fix a PC with one of them.
It's the cigarette lighter that does it for me. I think I had this back in the day, not because I needed the lighter or used the cupholder but the 12v outlet was nice to have.
I remember desperately wanting one of these back in the day but I only had like two 5.25” bays in my Dell computer and that was already filled with the CD drive and the SoundBlaster add on.
I remember visiting this one PC shop in the small town i grew up in when I was in my early teens seeing this mod. Place smelled of cig smoke of course. My parents were somehow cool enough to buy me 16MB of RAM for something like $400. Netscape was a menace before Chrome
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There was another one for another time!!
5.25” Sunbeam Cigarette Bay for PCs
https://youtube.com/shorts/iAqHsLmyqh0