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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
246
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 246 in the permanent collection.
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EO, Incorporated 1993
EO, Inc. - Personal Communicator 440 Order Form Letter (John Jerney)

EO, Inc. – Personal Communicator 440 Letter and Order Form (John Jerney)
Casio, Inc. 1998

Casio Cassiopeia A-20 8MB (Brochure)
Olivetti Office USA, Inc. 1998

Royal daVinci Palm-Size PDA DV1
Apple Computer, Inc. 1994
Apple Newton MessagePad 120 (Package) Temporary Image

Apple Newton MessagePad 120 Package
Apple Computer, Inc. 1994
Apple eWorld (Stickers)

Apple eWorld (Stickers)
Creative Digital, Inc. 1995

Creative Digital Systems – PDA Developers East ’95 (Press Release)
Stylus Publishing 1991
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 1, Number 4 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – August, 1991 – Volume 1, Number 4
Creative Digital, Inc. 1995

PDA Developers East ’95 Conference Details (Pamphlet)
Pen Computing Magazine 1996

Pen Computing Magazine – Nov/Dec 1996
AllPen Software, Inc.
AllPen Software Inc. -Company Brochure (Cover)

AllPen Software, Inc. – Company Brochure
Pen Computing Magazine 1998
Pen Computing Magazine – April 1998 (Cover)

Pen Computing Magazine – April 1998
GO Corporation 1993

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

Avail Technology – GeoAssist (Newton)
Creative Digital, Inc. 1996

PDA Developers – Volume 4.4 – July/August 1996
Palm, Inc. 2000

Palm Portable Keyboard (V Series)
Volksware, Inc. 1997
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 7 Number 4 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – April, 1997 – Volume 7, Number 4
Volksware, Inc. 1997
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 7 Number 2 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – February, 1997 – Volume 7, Number 2
Volksware, Inc. 1994
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 4 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – May, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 4

A chronology.

1987 — 2007 Selected from the museum's 2001 catalogued timeline events.
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1990Hardware
GRiD Systems Announces Pen Interface and Handwriting Recognition Conference
Sponsored by GRiD Systems Corp., the Pen Interface and Handwriting Recognition Conference will be the first national gathering ever held for software…
1992Software
CIC Announces Japanese Version of PenDOS
The new PenDOS version was demonstrated with Justsystem's front end processor, ATOK, and is the result of a development agreement begun in…
1994Software
Dauphin Licenses PenRight! for DTR-1
The DTR-1 has been officially certified by PenRight! and now has access to the largest base of mobile applications developed for pen…
1996Software
Epson, Norand, and Symbol Technologies License PenRight!’s Pen-Based Operating Environment for Mobile Hand-Helds
PenRight! now licensed by all major manufacturers in the growing mobile computing market.
1997Hardware
HP 300 Series Palmtop PCs Include ART Handwriting Software
Advanced Recognition Technologies, Inc. (ART) announces an agreement with Hewlett-Packard Company to include its software in HPs new handheld PC software CD-ROM.
2000Service
My Docs Online First to Provide Palm VII Handheld Users the Ability to Send Wireless E-mail File Attachments
My Docs Online provides Palm VII users with the ability to send important desktop files, stored at My Docs Online, as e-mail…
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 246 artifacts Indexed by category from the collection.
    LE

    Letter

    5 items →
    VO

    Volksware

    60 items →
    BC

    Business Card

    2 items →
    RE

    Rolodex Electronics

    1 item →
    AS

    Ashton-Tate

    2 items →
    PM

    Portable 100 Magazine

    2 items →
    MR

    Microprocessor Report

    3 items →
    KE

    Keyboard

    1 item →
    TA

    Tablet

    2 items →
    DI

    Disk

    4 items →
    CO

    Coupon

    1 item →
    YI

    Young Ideas

    3 items →
    OR

    Oracle

    2 items →
    UN

    University

    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 – December, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 10

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

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – May, 1991 – Volume 1, Number 2

    Volume 1 · Issue 02 Pen-Based Computing – May, 1991 – Volume 1, Number 2

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – August, 1992 – Volume 2, Number 3

    Volume 2 · Issue 03 Pen-Based Computing – August, 1992 – Volume 2, Number 3

    16 pp
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