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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
249
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 249 in the permanent collection.
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Volksware, Inc. 1994
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 6 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – July, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 6
Watcom International Corporation 1991

WATCOM C/386 User’s Guide for PenPoint
ParaGraph International, Inc. 1995

Paragraph International FreeStyle (Newton)
Creative Digital, Inc. 1997
Creative Digital - The Handheld Computer Almanac (Cover)

The Handheld Computer Almanac
Volksware, Inc. 1997
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 7 Number 6 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – July-August, 1997 – Volume 7, Number 6
GO Corporation 1993

GO Corporation PenPointers May 1993 (Newsletter)
Avail Technology, Inc. 1994

Avail Technology – GeoAssist (Newton)
Volksware, Inc. 1997
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 7 Number 1 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – January, 1997 – Volume 7, Number 1
Palmtop Publications 2000
Palmtop Journal – Issue 30 (Cover)

Palmtop – Issue 30
Thaddeus Computing, Inc. 2000

Handheld PC Magazine Windows CE Buyer’s Guide 2000 (Catalog)
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! software corp. - InkWriter 2.0 Windows Fact Sheet

aha! software corp. – InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Fact Sheet
Volksware, Inc. 1996
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 6, Number 4 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – April, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 4
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows (Maquette with Pasted Image)

aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows (Pasted Maquette)
Peterborough, Inc. 1987
Portable 100 Magazine – September 1987 (Cover)

Portable 100 – September 1987
Creative Digital, Inc. 1994

PIE Developers – Volume 2.1 – January, 1994
General Magic, Inc. 1994

Sony Magic Link PIC-1000 Personal Intelligent Communicator
GO Corporation 1992

GO Corporation PenPoint Developer Programs – SDK 1.0 Beta Phase 2 (Open Me First) Package
EO, Incorporated 1993
EO, Inc. - Personal Communicator 440 Order Form Letter (John Jerney)

EO, Inc. – Personal Communicator 440 Letter and Order Form (John Jerney)

A chronology.

1987 — 2007 Selected from the museum's 2001 catalogued timeline events.
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1993Software
CIC Introduces the Most Advanced Pen Computing Product for the Desktop at a Revolutionary Price — $199
Communication Intelligence Corp. introduces its first consumer product for the Windows market in the United States -- Handwriter for Windows -- the…
1994Software
Telescript Technologies at Heart of Next-Generation Electronic Services
General Magic announces Telescript, a breakthrough communication technology that enables people to send electronic agents into the worldwide grid of information highways.
1995Publication
Apple MessagePad Awarded Best Hand-Held Product of the Year
The BYTE award and the March Computer Currents Award for the best Hand-Held/Personal Digital Assistant are ringing endorsements of Apple's PDA product…
2001Software
Motorola and Webhelp Deliver Access to the Entire Web via Media-Rich Messages Sent to Palm OS Handheld Devices
Motorola, a global leader in integrated communications solutions, has teamed up with Webhelp, a developer of technology and service offerings for online…
2004Organization
Survey: Psychiatrists Using Handheld Computers to Improve Quality of Patient Care
Skyscape survey finds key psychiatric reference use on PDAs helps reduce medical errors.
2005Hardware
Palm Names Michael R. Farese and Rena Lane as Senior Vice Presidents
Palm, Inc. announces the appointments of Michael R. "Mike" Farese, senior vice president, engineering, and Rena Lane, senior vice president, human resources.
2007Hardware
Apple Reinvents the Phone With iPhone
Apple introduces iPhone, combining three products-a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with…

The collection.

Browse 249 artifacts Indexed by category from the collection.
    ST

    Sticker

    1 item →
    HA

    Handspring

    2 items →
    YI

    Young Ideas

    3 items →
    EC

    Event Collateral

    2 items →
    BC

    Business Card

    2 items →
    LE

    Letter

    5 items →
    MC

    Mobile Computing

    1 item →
    KE

    Keyboard

    1 item →
    GS

    Gaia Software

    2 items →
    ZO

    Zoomer

    2 items →
    DR

    Draft

    1 item →
    JJ

    John Jerney

    64 items →
    NB

    Nicholas Baran

    52 items →
    AT

    AT&T

    4 items →

    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 – January, 1998 – Volume 8, Number 1

    Volume 8 · Issue 01 Pen-Based Computing – January, 1998 – Volume 8, Number 1

    16 pp
    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 – December, 1997 – Volume 7, Number 9

    Volume 7 · Issue 09 Pen-Based Computing – December, 1997 – Volume 7, Number 9

    16 pp
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