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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
241
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 241 in the permanent collection.
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Watcom International Corporation 1991

WATCOM C/386 User’s Guide for PenPoint
GeoWorks Corporation 1992
GeoWorks, Inc. - GEOS Software Development Kit Objects - Volume 1, Release 0.8 (Cover)

GeoWorks, Inc. – GEOS Software Development Kit Objects, Volume 1, Release 0.8 (Documentation)
Volksware, Inc. 1994
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 1 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – January, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 1
Eidetic, Inc. 1994
Eidetic, Inc. Notion: The Newton List Manager User Manual

Notion: The Newton List Manager User Manual
GO Corporation 1992
GO Corporation - GO Fax Brochure (Front Cover)

GO Corporation – GO Fax Brochure
PennWell Corporation 1998
Portable Design Magazine – January 1998 (Cover)

Portable Design – January 1998
Creative Digital, Inc. 1994

PDA Developers – Volume 2.6 – Nov/Dec 1994
Creative Digital, Inc. 1997
Creative Digital - The Handheld Computer Almanac (Cover)

The Handheld Computer Almanac
Palm Computing, Inc. 1994

Palm Graffiti (for Newton) Package
Volksware, Inc. 1995
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 10 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – October, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 10
Palm Computing, Inc. 1994

Palm Graffiti (for Zoomer) Package
Apple Computer, Inc. 1994
Apple Newton MessagePad – Getting Through the Day … (Brochure) – 1

Apple Newton MessagePad Getting Through the Day … (Brochure)
Apple Computer, Inc. 1994

Apple Newton MessagePad Handbook
Avail Technology, Inc. 1994
Avail Technology – Free TapWorks Software Coupon (Front)

Avail Technology Free TapWorks Software (Coupon)
GO Corporation 1992
GO Corporation - Using PenPoint (Cover)

GO Corporation – Using PenPoint
GO Corporation 1992

GO Corporation PenPoint Developer Programs – SDK 1.0 Beta Phase 2 (Open Me First) Package
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! InkWriter 2.0 Windows Maquette (Front)

aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows (Maquette)
Volksware, Inc. 1995
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 8 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – August, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 8

A chronology.

1987 — 2007 Selected from the museum's 2001 catalogued timeline events.
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1990Software
Neural Networks Expert Keynotes Pen Interface and Handwriting Recognition Conference Sponsored by GRiD
Keith Loris, a nationally recognized authority on neural networks, will be the keynote speaker at the first Pen Interface and Handwriting Recognition…
1992Communications
Motorola and Racotek Plan Strategic Agreement to Bring Wireless Metropolitan Area Network Service for Mobile Data/Voice Communications
Motorola, Inc. announces plans to jointly develop and market with Racotek, Inc. a wireless metropolitan area network (MAN) service for mobile data/voice…
1993Software
MobileSoft Ships MobileCalc, The Newton Spreadsheet
MobileCalc is the company's first productivity software product for Newton Intelligence-based Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs).
1994Service
Wireless Technology Design Considerations is Part of Interactive Satellite Series
Design considerations for wireless data systems will be presented by Thomas R. Berger, head of operations and technology for ARDIS, as part…
1996Software
Hitachi and Lernout & Hauspie Join Forces to Offer Integrated Speech Solution
The Lernout & Hauspie technology will be ported into the 32-bit SH-3 processor, which is the world's top-selling RISC microprocessor.
1999Hardware
3Com and Aether Technologies Form New Company to Provide Next-Generation Wireless Data Access
OpenSky will provide services that give corporations and consumers easy access to e-mail, Internet and intranet data using all leading handheld devices.
2005Hardware
Palm Names Michael R. Farese and Rena Lane as Senior Vice Presidents
Palm, Inc. announces the appointments of Michael R. "Mike" Farese, senior vice president, engineering, and Rena Lane, senior vice president, human resources.

The collection.

Browse 241 artifacts Indexed by category from the collection.
    OF

    Order Form

    2 items →
    JA

    Japan

    1 item →
    SS

    Sony Software

    2 items →
    LE

    Letter

    5 items →
    KE

    Keyboard

    1 item →
    HE

    Hewlett-Packard

    3 items →
    MI

    Matsushita Electric Industrial

    2 items →
    RM

    Regis McKenna

    2 items →
    VB

    Visitor's Badge

    1 item →
    UN

    University

    1 item →
    TI

    Texas Instruments

    1 item →
    YI

    Young Ideas

    3 items →
    IB

    IBM

    1 item →
    EI

    Eidetic

    4 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 – 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, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 12

    Volume 6 · Issue 12 Pen-Based Computing – December, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 12

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

    Volume 6 · Issue 06 Pen-Based Computing – June, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 6

    16 pp
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