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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
237
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 237 in the permanent collection.
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Psion, Inc. 1996

PSION Press Package (November 18, 1996)
Macmillan Digital Publishing USA 1997
MacMillan Plus Pack for PalmPilot Package (Front)

MacMillan Plus Pack for PalmPilot
Creative Digital, Inc. 1997
Creative Digital - The Handheld Computer Almanac (Cover)

The Handheld Computer Almanac
Creative Digital, Inc. 1994

PIE Developers – Volume 2.2 – March, 1994
Volksware, Inc. 1995
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 9 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – September, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 9
Creative Digital, Inc. 1995

PDA Developers – Volume 3.4 – July/Aug 1995
Apple Computer, Inc. 1994
Apple eWorld (Stickers)

Apple eWorld (Stickers)
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! InkWriter 2.0 Windows Yellow Maquette (Front)

aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows (Yellow Maquette)
Palmtop Publications 2000
Palmtop Journal – Issue 29 (Cover)

Palmtop – Issue 29
Pen Computing Magazine 1998
Pen Computing Magazine – April 1998 (Cover)

Pen Computing Magazine – April 1998
Stylus Publishing 1991
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 1, Number 5 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – November, 1991 – Volume 1, Number 5
PenWorld, Incorporated 1994
Personal Electronics News - Issue 16 - March/April 1994 (Cover)

Personal Electronics News, Issue 16, March/April 1994
GO Corporation 1992

GO Corporation PenPoint Quick Reference
GeoWorks Corporation 1992
GeoWorks, Inc. - GEOS Software Development Kit Swat, Release 0.8 (Cover)

GeoWorks, Inc. – GEOS Software Development Kit Swat, Release 0.8 (Documentation)
Stylus Publishing 1993
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 3, Number 2 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – April, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 2
Volksware, Inc. 1995
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 12 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – December, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 12
Palm Computing, Inc. 1993

Palm Connect for Zoomer (PC Version)
Apple Computer, Inc. 1997

Apple Newton Connection Utilities User’s Manual (for the Macintosh Operating System)

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.
1989Organization
GRiD Systems Announces Alan Lefkof Named President
Lefkof succeeds Samuel J. Wiegand, who announced recently that he will take a long-planned retirement at the end of the year. Wiegand…
1993Communications
Motorola Unveils New High-Speed, Extended Distance Wireless Ethernet Bridge
Motorola's Wireless Data Group Monday announced availability of Altair VistaPoint LR, an extended distance high-speed wireless system for reliable inter- and intra-building…
1994Software
Sign-On Systems Brings CIC’s Dynamic Signature Verification to Windows
CIC's Handwriter(R) Dynamic Signature Verification technology uses both the image and the "dynamics" -- the speed and acceleration of each stroke --…
1996Software
Leica, Apple Computer and Green Mountain Software Team Up to Link Award Winning Platforms for Mobile Measurement and Data Collection
Leica teams up with Green Mountain Software to build applications that link the Leica DISTO hand-held electronic measuring device and Apple Computer's…
1999Service
Palm Computing Selects Global Sight for Web Site Globalization Solution
Global Sight Ambassador 1.8 to be implemented into Palm Computing's worldwide online customer service.
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 237 artifacts Indexed by category from the collection.
    CD

    CD

    2 items →
    PE

    PenFact

    1 item →
    RM

    Regis McKenna

    2 items →
    ZO

    Zoomer

    2 items →
    YI

    Young Ideas

    3 items →
    TA

    Tablet

    2 items →
    MO

    Modem

    2 items →
    SS

    Sony Software

    2 items →
    BO

    Book

    13 items →
    KE

    Keyboard

    1 item →
    EI

    Eidetic

    4 items →
    HR

    Handwriting Recognition

    7 items →
    ID

    Ink Development

    1 item →
    VB

    Visitor's Badge

    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 – September/October, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 8

    Volume 4 · Issue 08 Pen-Based Computing – September/October, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 8

    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 – April, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 4

    Volume 5 · Issue 04 Pen-Based Computing – April, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 4

    16 pp
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