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.
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