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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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GO Corporation 1992

GO Corporation 1993 Catalog of Product and Services Participation Request Form
Software Partners, Inc. 1994
Software Partners, Inc. - FreeStyle Version 1.0 Package (Front)

Software Partners, Inc. – FreeStyle Version 1.0 (Magic Cap)
Volksware, Inc. 1995
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 3 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – March, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 3
Volksware, Inc. 1994
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 8 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – September/October, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 8
Horizon House Publications, Inc. 1994
Microwave Journal – January 1994 (Cover)

Microwave Journal – January 1994
aha! software corporation 1993
aha! InkWriter Application Disk Version 1.01 - PenPoint 386 Hobbit (Front)

aha! InkWriter Application Disk Version 1.01 (PenPoint 386/486 and Hobbit)
Avail Technology, Inc. 1994
Avail Technology – Free TapWorks Software Coupon (Front)

Avail Technology Free TapWorks Software (Coupon)
Volksware, Inc. 1996
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 6, Number 3 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – March, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 3
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows (Maquette with Pasted Image)

aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows (Pasted Maquette)
GeoWorks Corporation 1992
GeoWorks, Inc. - GEOS Software Development Kit Concepts - Volume 2, Release 0.8 (Cover)

GeoWorks, Inc. – GEOS Software Development Kit Concepts, Volume 2, Release 0.8 (Documentation)
Volksware, Inc. 1996
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 6, Number 10 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – October, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 10
Volksware, Inc. 1994
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 1 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – January, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 1
Thaddeus Computing, Inc. 2000

Handheld PC Magazine Windows CE Buyer’s Guide 2000 (Catalog)
Metrowerks, Inc. 1997
Metrowerks, Inc. - CodeWarrior for PalmPilot Brochure

Metrowerks, Inc. – Metrowerks CodeWarrior for PalmPilot (Brochure)
GO Corporation 1992

GO Corporation PenPointers November 1992 (Newsletter)
PennWell Corporation 1999
Portable Design Magazine – November 1999 (Cover)

Portable Design – November 1999
Stylus Publishing 1991
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 1, Number 2 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – May, 1991 – Volume 1, Number 2
Volksware, Inc. 1996
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 6, Number 4 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – April, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 4

A chronology.

1987 — 2007 Selected from the museum's 2001 catalogued timeline events.
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1993Communications
Proxim Ships Industry’s First PCMCIA Wireless LAN Adapter
Proxim Inc., a leading supplier of wireless networking products, announces that it has begun shipping its RangeLAN/PCMCIA wireless LAN adapter.
1994Publication
Vendors Face Failure Unless They Identify Real Market, Take Cues from Users, Seybold Says
In the middle of what was supposed to have been a good year for PDAs, there is still confusion over exactly what…
1995Service
ARDIS Announces Work on Driver for Apple MessagePad Products Based on Newton Intelligence
The software driver will allow the development and use of wireless data communication applications for Apple MessagePad products using the ARDIS network.
2001Software
Tally Systems TS.Census Can Read Your Palm; Asset Tracking Software to Add Recognition for PDA Applications
Tally Systems announces that it has added recognition of PDA synchronization software to its market leading asset tracking software, TS.Census.
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.
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 247 artifacts Indexed by category from the collection.
    MC

    Magic Cap

    2 items →
    FS

    First Pen Systems

    1 item →
    KE

    Keyboard

    1 item →
    BO

    Book

    13 items →
    AD

    Addison-Wesley

    4 items →
    IN

    Intel 80386

    2 items →
    WC

    Windows CE

    6 items →
    UN

    University

    1 item →
    OL

    Olivetti

    2 items →
    RE

    Rolodex Electronics

    1 item →
    CO

    3Com

    4 items →
    JE

    Jonathan Erickson

    17 items →
    NB

    Nicholas Baran

    52 items →
    YI

    Young Ideas

    3 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 – June, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 5

    Volume 4 · Issue 05 Pen-Based Computing – June, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 5

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – January, 1997 – Volume 7, Number 1

    Volume 7 · Issue 01 Pen-Based Computing – January, 1997 – Volume 7, Number 1

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – December, 1992 – Volume 2, Number 5

    Volume 2 · Issue 05 Pen-Based Computing – December, 1992 – Volume 2, Number 5

    16 pp
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