Did anyone ever use a GAMEPORT 2000?

While I was filtering through the attic I found a couple of interesting items, the most being this brand new unboxed, unused Gameport 2000.  Now besides the fact its the year 2008 it still looked kinda cool and with marketing phrases like “The Next-Generation Gamecard” and “Unlimited Speed Capability” who was I to argue.  It only got better when I opened it up, where I saw what looked like a pc card which had only just come out of the factory.  Now even though this card was old I saw features on it which I’d never seen before and for all I knew without the box could have been a future product. Sounds strange but it just seemed like a weird product.

It was made by Suncom Technologies in Taiwan and I think from about 1993. There is no information on it what so ever on the Internet except the first result in google and even that is someones aimless question which didn’t get answered 6 years ago. It seems they have disappeared and obviously weren’t a major hit.  It’s a Joystick to PC dual connection card and I quote “supports 4-axis joysticks like Suncom’s Flightmax.” If I had a spare port and it was compatible I’d install it just to see what it was like. It even touts “NO INSTALLATION SOFTWARE REQUIRED” you don’t see that much nowadays on a Windows product – how times have changed….

For more information check out the pics and pour over the amazing capabilitys of this rare device. I’ll probably be throwing it away shortly anyway but it seems such a shame when it has never been used. Oh well, thats how fast technology and electronics are progressing in this day and age.