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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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General Magic, Inc. 1994

Sony Magic Link PIC-1000 Personal Intelligent Communicator
WPDO 1992

Worldwide PenPoint Developers Organization (WPDO) Meeting Notice – July 23, 1992
Volksware, Inc. 1994
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 8 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – September/October, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 8
GO Corporation 1991

WATCOM C Language Reference
Pen Computing Magazine 2000
Pen Computing Magazine – November 2000 (Cover)

Pen Computing Magazine – November 2000
Communication Intelligence Corp. 1997
Communication Intelligence Corp. - QuickNotes 2.0 Windows CE User's Guide (Cover)

Communication Intelligence Corp. – QuickNotes 2.0 (Windows CE)
Palm Computing, Inc. 1997
PalmPilot Professional Edition Pre-Release B37 Confidential CD (with case)

PalmPilot Professional Edition Pre-Release B37 Confidential CD
Olivetti Office USA, Inc. 1998

Royal daVinci Palm-Size PDA DV1
Stylus Publishing 1993
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 3, Number 1 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – February, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 1
GO Corporation 1992

GO Corporation 1993 Catalog of Product and Services Participation Request Form
Gaia Software 1995

Gaia Personal Media v1.5 (Newton)
Horizon House Publications, Inc. 1994
Microwave Journal – January 1994 (Cover)

Microwave Journal – January 1994
Pen Computing Magazine 1999

Pen Computing Magazine – October 1999
Volksware, Inc. 1995
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 3 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – March, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 3
Metrowerks, Inc. 1997

Metrowerks CodeWarrior for PalmPilot Release 3 (Package)
PennWell Corporation 1998
Portable Design Magazine – January 1998 (Cover)

Portable Design – January 1998
GO Corporation 1992

GO Corporation PenPointers November 1992 (Newsletter)
Volksware, Inc. 1994
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 3 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – April, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 3

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.
1991Hardware
Concentric Software Introduces First End User Shrink-Wrapped Application Software for GRiDPAD Pen Computers
dataNOW! utilizes an on-screen, object-oriented graphical interface that allows a customer with no computer programming knowledge to develop a complete data-collection application…
1993Hardware
Fujitsu Personal Systems Expands Capability in Portable Computing Marketplace
Fujitsu Personal Systems introduces an expanded marketing program to bring systems solutions to the mobile computing marketplace.
1994Software
aha!’s Acclaimed InkWriter Notetaking Software to Ship with Fujitsu’s New Advanced Mobile Computer
Fujitsu announces that it will be shipping a special version of aha! software's InkWriter notetaking application along with its new Stylistic 500…
1996Organization
NEC Clarification to Microsoft Oct. 16 Announcement Regarding Microsoft’s Support for MIPS Platform
For attribution to Mr. Shigeki Matsue, president of NEC Electronics, Santa Clara, Calif. Issued Oct. 17, 1996.
1999Publication
Mobile Letter Now Available on Rocket eBook; Mobile Insights Expands Coverage of Leading Newsletter for Professionals in Mobile Computing & Data Communication
Mobile Insights (MI) announces that their Mobile Letter(TM), an electronic newsletter for professionals in mobile computing and data communication, is now available…
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 246 artifacts Indexed by category from the collection.
    OR

    Oracle

    2 items →
    TA

    Tablet

    2 items →
    EI

    EO Incorporated

    21 items →
    RD

    Royal daVinci

    1 item →
    NB

    Nicholas Baran

    52 items →
    ZO

    Zoomer

    2 items →
    CO

    3Com

    4 items →
    KE

    Keyboard

    1 item →
    AL

    AllPen

    3 items →
    MP

    Macmillan Digital Publishing

    2 items →
    SS

    Sony Software

    2 items →
    GS

    GRiD Systems

    1 item →
    WM

    Wireless for the Corporate User Magazine

    2 items →
    BR

    Brochure

    12 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 – October, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 10

    Volume 6 · Issue 10 Pen-Based Computing – October, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 10

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – June, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 3

    Volume 3 · Issue 03 Pen-Based Computing – June, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 3

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – August, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 8

    Volume 6 · Issue 08 Pen-Based Computing – August, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 8

    16 pp
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