What is this, a PC joystick for ANTS?

Suncom Technologies tried to create a compelling alternative for the ordinary computer mouse with its ICONtroller joystick. Problem is, it wasn’t really any good. Sources: IBM PC photo: “Windows 3.0“, The Computer Chronicles, 1990. Microsoft mouse photo: : Kensington trackball next to keyboard photo: Kensington trackball photo: : “Of mice and mobile computers: pointing devices for close quarters,“ InfoWorld, April 20, 1992. Siemens 486 laptop photo: : “Portable pointing devices,“ PC Magazine, October 15, 1991. Suncom ICONtroller Laptop photos: “That’s Entertainment!“, Popular Science, November 1987. “Traveling Trackballs,“ PC Magazine, March 30, 1993. “Controller Provides Mouse and Trackball Functions to Laptops,“ InfoWorld, December 17, 1990. ----------------------------------------­------------------------------------- Please consider supporting my work on Patreon: Follow me on social media! @thisdoesnotcomp ----------------------------------------­------------------------------------- Music by Epidemic Sound (). Intro music by BoxCat Games ().