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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
244
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 244 in the permanent collection.
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Microsoft Corporation 1998

Microsoft Systems Journal – May 1998 Vol 13 No 5
GO Corporation 1992

GO Corporation Correspondence – PenPoint SDK 1.0a (May 29, 1992)
Olivetti Office USA, Inc. 1998

Royal daVinci Palm-Size PDA DV1
Metrowerks, Inc. 1997
Metrowerks, Inc. - Metrowerks Fall 1997 Press Kit (Cover)

Metrowerks, Inc. – Metrowerks Fall 1997 Press Kit
Creative Digital, Inc. 1997

Handheld Systems – Volume 5.2 – March/April 1997
Communication Intelligence Corp. 1997
Communication Intelligence Corp. - QuickNotes 2.0 Windows CE User's Guide (Cover)

Communication Intelligence Corp. – QuickNotes 2.0 Package Windows CE (Shrinkwrapped)
GO Corporation 1993

GO Corporation PenPointers May 1993 (Newsletter)
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! InkWriter 2.0 Windows Maquette (Front)

aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows (Maquette)
Volksware, Inc. 1993
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 3, Number 6 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – December, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 6
Watcom International Corporation 1991

WATCOM C/386 User’s Guide for PenPoint
Metrowerks, Inc. 1997
Metrowerks, Inc. - Metrowerks Ships CodeWarrior for PalmPilot Release 3 Press Release (Side 1)

Metrowerks, Inc. – Metrowerks Ships CodeWarrior for PalmPilot Release 3 Press Release
Macmillan Digital Publishing USA 1997
Business Plus Pack for PalmPilot (Front)

MacMillan Business Plus Pack for PalmPilot
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! software corp. – InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Press Release

aha! software corp. – InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Press Release
Young Ideas Software Design Services 1993

Young Ideas The Rogue PenApps Workbook (Document)
Volksware, Inc. 1995
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 10 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – October, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 10
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company 1992
GO Corporation - PenPoint Application Writing Guide (Cover)

GO Corporation – PenPoint Application Writing Guide
GO Corporation 1992

GO Corporation PenPointers November 1992 (Newsletter)
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! software corp - InkWriter 2.0 Windows Screen Shots and Captions (Document)

aha! software corp. – InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Screen Shots and Captions (Document)

A chronology.

1987 — 2007 Selected from the museum's 2001 catalogued timeline events.
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1989Hardware
Software Companies Writing Programs for GRiDPad
GRiD Systems Corp. announces that numerous software vendors are building applications for the handwriting and electronic pen interface capabilities of GRiDPad, its…
1992Hardware
AT&T Microelectronics Forms Personal Communication Systems Unit to Pursue Market for ”Communicators”
Unit will develop semiconductor products, development tools and software based on the Hobbit microprocessor.
1993Hardware
Motorola Announces Licensing Agreement with Apple for Newton Technology
Motorola will manufacture and market a handheld device featuring integrated, wireless communications capabilities based on the Newton operating system.
1996Organization
Metrowerks First Quarter Revenues up to Record US$ 3.8 Million
Revenues for Q1FYJuly97 totaled US$ 3.8 million, an increase of 62 percent over Q1FYJuly96 (US$ 2.3 million), and an 8 percent increase…
1998Software
Etak Debuts Traffic Touch: Personalized Road & Traffic Information Service for the Palm VII Connected Organizer
Etak Inc. announces plans to deliver "Traffic Touch", a real-time traffic information service, to users of the Palm VII connected organizer, a…
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.
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 244 artifacts Indexed by category from the collection.
    YI

    Young Ideas

    3 items →
    ZO

    Zoomer

    2 items →
    GE

    GEOS

    7 items →
    LE

    Letter

    5 items →
    RM

    Regis McKenna

    2 items →
    CO

    3Com

    4 items →
    CO

    Conference

    4 items →
    MA

    Maquette

    4 items →
    IN

    Intel 80386

    2 items →
    DO

    Documentation

    17 items →
    JO

    Journal

    56 items →
    TI

    Texas Instruments

    1 item →
    NE

    Newsletter

    11 items →
    EI

    Eidetic

    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 – December, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 10

    Volume 4 · Issue 10 Pen-Based Computing – December, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 10

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – July, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 6

    Volume 4 · Issue 06 Pen-Based Computing – July, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 6

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – December, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 12

    Volume 5 · Issue 12 Pen-Based Computing – December, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 12

    16 pp
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