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

Pen-Based Computing – December, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 12
Palmtop Publications 2001
Palmtop Journal – Issue 37 (Cover)

Palmtop – Issue 37
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! software corp. - InkWriter 2.0 Windows Fact Sheet

aha! software corp. – InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Fact Sheet
Creative Digital, Inc. 1995

PDA Developers East ’95 Conference Details (Pamphlet)
Apple Computer, Inc. 1994

Apple Newton MessagePad Handbook
GO Corporation 1992

GO Corporation Correspondence – Quick Start Program (April 2, 1992)
MicroDesign Resources 1995
Microprocessor Report – February 16,1995 (Cover)

Microprocessor Report – February 16, 1995
Volksware, Inc. 1997
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 7 Number 2 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – February, 1997 – Volume 7, Number 2
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)
Volksware, Inc. 1994
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 9 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – November, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 9
GO Corporation 1992

GO Corporation PenPointers October 1992 (Newsletter)
GO Corporation 1993
GO Corporation - Catalog of Products and Services (Letter)

GO Corporation – Catalog of Products and Services (Letter)
Stylus Publishing 1991
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 1, Number 6 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – November 11, 1991 – Volume 1, Number 6
Macmillan Digital Publishing USA 1997
MacMillan Plus Pack for PalmPilot Package (Front)

MacMillan Plus Pack for PalmPilot
3Com Corporation 1997

3Com PalmPilot Modem
GO Corporation 1992
GO Corporation - PenPoint Development Tools (Cover)

GO Corporation – PenPoint Development Tools
Casio, Inc. 1998

Casio Cassiopeia A-20 8MB (Brochure)
Palm, Inc. 2000

Palm Portable Keyboard (V Series)

A chronology.

1987 — 2007 Selected from the museum's 2001 catalogued timeline events.
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1991Software
GeoWorks Ensemble Receives Four Awards at Software Publishers Association Awards Ceremony
GeoWorks Ensemble, created by GeoWorks of Berkeley, took top honors at the Software Publisher's Association (SPA) Excellence in Software Awards ceremony, winning…
1992Communications
V.32bis/V.17 Modem Chipset Now Supports Mobitex Wireless Data Protocol
Allows personal communicators to put data on the air.
1994Software
Oracle to Integrate Oracle Media Server with Motorola Envoy
Oracle Corp. announces it will bring Oracle Media Server access to General Magic's Magic Cap platform and the Motorola Envoy personal wireless…
1995Organization
Paragraph International Announces Home Space Builder; An Easy to Use Vrml Authoring Tool for Windows
In addition to cursive handwriting recognition, Paragraph develops a powerful 3D authoring tool that will accelerate the World Wide Web's evolution from…
1996Service
RAM Mobile Data Announces Support for Microsoft Windows CE Platform
RAM Mobile Data today announced that it is supporting wirelessly-enabled applications for the Microsoft new Windows CE platform.
2003Organization
Handspring Founder Jeff Hawkins Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded an engineer.
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.
    JS

    John Wiley & Sons

    3 items →
    WP

    Word Processor

    11 items →
    UD

    User Documentation

    12 items →
    IA

    Integrated Application

    1 item →
    MI

    Mobile Insights

    3 items →
    OF

    Order Form

    2 items →
    SW

    Software

    18 items →
    DO

    Document

    39 items →
    TA

    Tablet

    2 items →
    CO

    3Com

    4 items →
    RM

    Regis McKenna

    2 items →
    FR

    Franklin

    2 items →
    HN

    Hnadspring

    1 item →
    PE

    PenWell

    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 – June, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 6

    Volume 5 · Issue 06 Pen-Based Computing – June, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 6

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – November, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 11

    Volume 6 · Issue 11 Pen-Based Computing – November, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 11

    16 pp
    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
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