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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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aha! software corporation 1994
aha! software corporation - Gregory Stikeleather Business Card (English)

aha! software corporation – Gregory Stikeleather Business Card
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! software corp. - InkWriter 2.0 Windows Fact Sheet

aha! software corp. – InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Fact Sheet
CurtCo Freedom Group 1998

Mobile Computing Magazine, January 1998
GO Corporation 1992
GO Corporation - GO Fax Brochure (Front Cover)

GO Corporation – GO Fax Brochure
Volksware, Inc. 1995
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 9 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – September, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 9
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company 1992
GO Corporation - PenPoint Architectural Reference Volume II (Cover)

GO Corporation – PenPoint Architectural Reference – Volume II
Creative Digital, Inc. 1996

PDA Developers – Volume 4.6 – Nov/Dec 1996
Gaia Software 1995

Gaia Personal Media v1.5 (Newton)
Stylus Publishing 1991
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 1, Number 4 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – August, 1991 – Volume 1, Number 4
PROBE Publishing Corp. 1994
Wireless for the Corporate User – March/April 1994 (Cover)

Wireless for the Corporate User – Mar/Apr 1994
Volksware, Inc. 1996
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 6, Number 12 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – December, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 12
Volksware, Inc. 1995
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 6 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – June, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 6
Creative Digital, Inc. 1995

PDA Developers – Volume 3.4 – July/Aug 1995
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! InkWriter for Windows 2.0 Quick Reference (Cover)

aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Quick Reference
Creative Digital, Inc. 1995

Pen Computing Magazine – June/July 1995
PenWorld, Incorporated 1994
Personal Electronics News - Issue 17 - May/June 1994 (Cover)

Personal Electronics News, Issue 17, May/June 1994
Creative Digital, Inc. 1994

PIE Developers – Volume 2.4 – July, 1994
Palmtop Publications 1997
Palmtop Journal - Issue 12 (Cover)

Palmtop – Issue 12

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.
1990Organization
GRiD Systems Announces Major Expansion in Europe
GRiD Systems Corp. announces a major expansion of its European sales and support organization, increasing its number of offices from two to…
1995Service
Sony New Technologies and Farcast to Develop Electronic News Service for Personal Communicators
Sony New Technologies and Farcast Inc. agree to jointly develop a version of Farcast's electronic information service to be made available for…
2000Publication
Mobile Insights Announces Call for Nominations for Seventh Annual Mobility Awards
Winners to be recognized at annual Mobile Insights conference, February 18-20, 2001, at Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak, Phoenix, Arizona.
2003Organization
J.D. Edwards Information Technology Leadership Award for Collaborative Innovation Given to Jeff Hawkins, Founder of Palm Computing
Industry veteran recognized for leading role in facilitating the sharing of ideas, information, goods and services through technology.
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.
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.
    KE

    Keyboard

    1 item →
    FR

    Franklin

    2 items →
    ZO

    Zoomer

    2 items →
    UD

    User Documentation

    12 items →
    WI

    Windows

    3 items →
    YI

    Young Ideas

    3 items →
    GR

    GRiD

    1 item →
    CO

    3Com

    4 items →
    AT

    AT&T

    4 items →
    VO

    Volksware

    61 items →
    LE

    Letter

    5 items →
    NE

    Newton

    14 items →
    IN

    Intel 80486

    2 items →
    JJ

    John Jerney

    62 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 – March, 1997 – Volume 7, Number 3

    Volume 7 · Issue 03 Pen-Based Computing – March, 1997 – Volume 7, Number 3

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – September, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 9

    Volume 5 · Issue 09 Pen-Based Computing – September, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 9

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – January, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 1

    Volume 5 · Issue 01 Pen-Based Computing – January, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 1

    16 pp
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