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GCFeatured Exhibition

GO Corporation
and the Vision of
Pen-Based Computing

GO Corporation's PenPoint, released in 1991, was the first operating system designed from the ground up for pen input rather than keyboard — pioneering gesture commands, embedded handwriting recognition, and a notebook metaphor that would echo through every stylus and touch system that followed.

GO Corporation and the Vision of Pen-Based Computing
Now on view
Permanent collection
Artifacts
Approx. 30,000
Catalogued
247
Timeline span
1987 — 2007
Recorded events
2001 milestones

Exhibitions
now on view.

One Special Exhibition Drawn directly from the museum's collection of artifacts, magazines, and primary documents.
GC Featured Exhibition
Under Construction GO Corporation and the Vision of Pen-Based Computing

GO Corporation and the Vision of Pen-Based Computing

GO Corporation's PenPoint, released in 1991, was the first operating system designed from the ground up for pen input rather than keyboard — pioneering gesture commands, embedded handwriting recognition, and a notebook metaphor that would echo through every stylus and touch system that followed.

Featured artifacts.

From the collection 18 objects selected at random, drawn from 247 in the permanent collection.
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GO Corporation 1992
GO Corporation - Using PenPoint (Cover)

GO Corporation – Using PenPoint
Peterborough, Inc. 1987
Portable 100 Magazine – September 1987 (Cover)

Portable 100 – September 1987
aha! software corporation 1995

aha! InkWriter for Tablets (Promotional Card)
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! software corp. - InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Application Example (Page 1)

aha! software corp. – InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Application Examples
GO Corporation 1992

GO Corporation Correspondence – PenPoint SDK 1.0a (May 29, 1992)
Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. 2001

Rolodex Electronics Personal Digital Assistant RF-8110
Palm Computing, Inc. 1993

Palm Connect for Zoomer (PC Version)
Watcom International Corporation 1991

WATCOM C Library Reference for PenPoint
Volksware, Inc. 1996
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 6, Number 12 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – December, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 12
Avail Technology, Inc. 1994

Avail Technology – GeoAssist (Newton)
General Magic, Inc. 1996
General Magic Visitor's Badge (John Jerney, 10/25/96)

General Magic Visitor’s Badge (John Jerney, 10/25/1996)
SOFTBANK America Inc. 1992

SOFT BANK PC\Japan Vol. 1, No. 1 April 1992 (Brochure)
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! software corp. - InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Brochure (Front)

aha! software corporation – InkWriter 2.0 for Windows (Brochure)
Volksware, Inc. 1994
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 10 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – December, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 10
GO Corporation 1993

GO Corporation PenPointers May 1993 (Newsletter)
WPDO 1993
WPDO Meeting Improvement Questionnaire (February 11, 1993)

WPDO Meeting Improvement Questionnaire (February 11, 1993)
Hewlett-Packard 2000

HP Jornada 720 Handheld PC User’s Guide
Watcom International Corporation 1991

WATCOM C/386 User’s Guide for PenPoint

A chronology.

1987 — 2007 Selected from the museum's 2001 catalogued timeline events.
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1987Hardware
GO Corporation Founded by Jerry Kaplan, Robert Carr, and Kevin Doren
August 14, 1987 — No press release was issued.
1998Software
Geoworks Unveils Revolutionary Enhanced Phone Software Solution, Broadening Design and Marketing Potential of Wireless Phones
Premion Interface+ turns voice-only handsets into enhanced phones by providing an application platform utilizing both the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) standard and…
1999Organization
Alan Kessler Appointed President of 3Com’s Palm Computing Business
3Com selects executive with broad enterprise experience to extend acceptance of Palm technology into new markets.
2000Software
CIC and QNX Software Systems Form Alliance to Bring Handwriting Recognition to the Wireless Web
Communication Intelligence Corporation announces that it is working on a joint development effort with QNX Software Systems Ltd. to extend CIC's Jot…
2002Software
Handmark Creates MobileTools Bundle For Palm Powered PDAs
Handmark offers online and retail buyers of software for Palm Powered PDAs a savings of $100 on a suite of ten popular…
2003Software
PhatWare Releases CalliGrapher 7 Handwriting Recognition Software, Offering Powerful Features to Improve User Efficiency
Upgrades include support for multiple configurations, customizable "soft" keyboard and toolbar for faster information entry with reduced memory footprint.
2006Software
Hypercom and Communications Intelligence Corp. Team to Combat Fraud and Identity Theft
Under the terms of the agreement, CIC will license its complete SignatureOne suite of biometric and electronic signature products to Hypercom.

The collection.

Browse 247 artifacts Indexed by category from the collection.
    TA

    Tablet

    2 items →
    LE

    Letter

    5 items →
    MI

    Microsoft

    2 items →
    HN

    Hnadspring

    1 item →
    VO

    Volksware

    61 items →
    NE

    Newsletter

    11 items →
    FT

    France Telecom

    3 items →
    IN

    Intel 80386

    2 items →
    UD

    User Documentation

    12 items →
    DR

    Draft

    1 item →
    AT

    AT&T

    4 items →
    YI

    Young Ideas

    3 items →
    CO

    3Com

    4 items →
    RO

    Royal

    1 item →

    Pen-Based Computing,
    the newsletter.

    Eight volumes · Sixty five issues The original newsletter — every issue digitized in full (soon).
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    Pen-Based Computing – November, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 11

    Volume 6 · Issue 11 Pen-Based Computing – November, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 11

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – July-August, 1997 – Volume 7, Number 6

    Volume 7 · Issue 06 Pen-Based Computing – July-August, 1997 – Volume 7, Number 6

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – February, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 1

    Volume 3 · Issue 01 Pen-Based Computing – February, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 1

    16 pp
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