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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
248
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 248 in the permanent collection.
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Stylus Publishing 1993
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 3, Number 1 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – February, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 1
WPDO 1993
WPDO Meeting Improvement Questionnaire (February 11, 1993)

WPDO Meeting Improvement Questionnaire (February 11, 1993)
EO, Incorporated 1993
EO, Inc. - Personal Communicator 440 Order Form Letter (John Jerney)

EO, Inc. – Personal Communicator 440 Letter and Order Form (John Jerney)
Communication Intelligence Corp. 1997
Communication Intelligence Corp. - QuickNotes 2.0 Windows CE User's Guide (Cover)

Communication Intelligence Corp. – QuickNotes 2.0 Package Windows CE (Shrinkwrapped)
Pen Computing Magazine 1996

Pen Computing Magazine – Nov/Dec 1996
Creative Digital, Inc. 1994

PIE Developers – Volume 2.1 – January, 1994
Creative Digital, Inc. 1994

PIE Developers – Volume 2.2 – March, 1994
Creative Digital, Inc. 1995

PDA Developers – Volume 3.4 – July/Aug 1995
Hewlett-Packard 2000

HP Jornada 720 Handheld PC User’s Guide
Pen Computing Magazine 2000
Pen Computing Magazine – November 2000 (Cover)

Pen Computing Magazine – November 2000
Volksware, Inc. 1996
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 6, Number 5 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – May, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 5
PenWorld, Incorporated 1994
Personal Electronics News - Issue 17 - May/June 1994 (Cover)

Personal Electronics News, Issue 17, May/June 1994
Palmtop Publications 1997
Palmtop Journal - Issue 12 (Cover)

Palmtop – Issue 12
GO Corporation 1992

GO Corporation – Getting Started with PenPoint (Version 1.0)
Pen Computing Magazine 1999

Pen Computing Magazine – October 1999
Creative Digital, Inc. 1997

Handheld Systems – Volume 5.1 – Jan/Feb 1997
Volksware, Inc. 1996
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 6, Number 10 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – October, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 10
Volksware, Inc. 1996
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 6, Number 12 (Cover)

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

A chronology.

1987 — 2007 Selected from the museum's 2001 catalogued timeline events.
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1989Organization
GRiD Systems Announces Alan Lefkof Named President
Lefkof succeeds Samuel J. Wiegand, who announced recently that he will take a long-planned retirement at the end of the year. Wiegand…
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…
1996Hardware
Fujitsu Introduces Industry’s Fastest Color Tablet PC
Stylistic 1000 features color screen option and 100 MHz 486 DX4 CPU for powerful decision support.
1998Hardware
Fujitsu Personal Systems’ Pen Tablets Enable First-Ever “Drive-Through” Insurance Claims Facility in North America
By taking advantage of the "working mobility" features offered by Fujitsu's pen tablets and wireless LAN technologies from Proxim, the new system…
2001Software
Metrowerks Releases New Tools for Palm OS Developers
CodeWarrior for Palm OS Platform, Version 7.0, is the newest version of the popular development tool set that was used to create…
2002Organization
General Magic, Inc. to Cease Operations
General Magic, Inc., a pioneer in voice application software and services, today announced that its efforts to obtain additional financing or to…
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 248 artifacts Indexed by category from the collection.
    KE

    Keyboard

    1 item →
    FR

    Franklin

    2 items →
    OL

    Olivetti

    2 items →
    ME

    MessagePad

    3 items →
    AP

    Application

    2 items →
    DI

    Disk

    4 items →
    NE

    Newsletter

    11 items →
    GM

    General Magic

    18 items →
    HE

    Hewlett-Packard

    3 items →
    YI

    Young Ideas

    3 items →
    BC

    Business Card

    2 items →
    RO

    Royal

    1 item →
    CI

    Communication Intelligence

    3 items →
    SP

    Software Partners

    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 – March, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 3

    Volume 5 · Issue 03 Pen-Based Computing – March, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 3

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – January, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 1

    Volume 4 · Issue 01 Pen-Based Computing – January, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 1

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – April, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 2

    Volume 3 · Issue 02 Pen-Based Computing – April, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 2

    16 pp
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