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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
229
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 229 in the permanent collection.
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Volksware, Inc. 1995
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 1 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – January, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 1
Creative Digital, Inc. 1994

PIE Developers – Volume 2.3 – May, 1994
Stylus Publishing 1992
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 2, Number 3 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – August, 1992 – Volume 2, Number 3
Watcom International Corporation 1991

WATCOM C Library Reference for PenPoint
Volksware, Inc. 1994
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 7 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – August, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 7
Thaddeus Computing, Inc. 2000

Pocket PC – November 00 Vol. 3 No. 5
Creative Digital, Inc. 1995

PDA Developers – Volume 3.4 – July/Aug 1995
Creative Digital, Inc. 1996

PDA Developers – Volume 4.2 – March/April 1996
Pen Computing Magazine 2000
Pen Computing Magazine – November 2000 (Cover)

Pen Computing Magazine – November 2000
Creative Digital, Inc. 1995

PDA Developers – Volume 3.1 – Jan/Feb 1995
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! software corp. - InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Application Example (Page 1)

aha! software corp. – InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Application Examples
GO Corporation 1992
GO Corporation - Using PenPoint (Cover)

GO Corporation – Using PenPoint
GeoWorks Corporation 1992
GeoWorks, Inc. - GEOS Software Development Kit Objects - Volume 2, Release 0.8 (Cover)

GeoWorks, Inc. – GEOS Software Development Kit Objects, Volume 2, Release 0.8 (Documentation)
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company 1992
GO Corporation - PenPoint Architectural Reference Volume II (Cover)

GO Corporation – PenPoint Architectural Reference – Volume II
Creative Digital, Inc. 1996

PDA Developers West ’96 Conference Details (Pamphlet)
Metrowerks, Inc. 1996
Metrowerks CodeWarrior Tools for Pilot Package (Front)

Metrowerks CodeWarrior for Pilot (Package)
aha! software corporation 1993
aha! InkWriter Handbook - PenPoint (Cover)

aha InkWriter Handbook (PenPoint)
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company 1992
GO Corporation - PenPoint User Interface Design Reference (Cover)

GO Corporation – PenPoint User Interface Design Reference

A chronology.

1987 — 2007 Selected from the museum's 2001 catalogued timeline events.
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1996Hardware
ADP and Fujitsu Drive Automobile Service Customer Satisfaction to New Heights
Based on the Fujitsu Stylistic 500 pen computer and software from ADP Dealer Services, SuperAdvisor Wireless Mobile Service System for car dealers…
1997Software
AllPen Software to Incorporate Java in NetHopper browser Technology
AllPen announces its commitment to incorporate Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java technology into their NetHopper mobile/embedded World Wide Web browser technology.
1998Software
Whole-Brain Combines Activerse’s Ding! With Palm Pilot
DinGo! allows handheld users to communicate with any Ding! user anywhere on the wireless/wired network.
2002Hardware
Security Biometrics Inc., Signs Agreement With Datadesk Technologies, Inc.
Datadesk's first product for handheld devices is the MiniKeyboard, a miniature keyboard that provides for easier and more efficient data entry in…
2003Event
Sybase Big Apple Classic Golf Tournament Hits the Links in New York
Sybase subsidiary iAnywhere Solutions and Intel host Wi-Fi hot spots in the grandstands and clubhouse, enabling visitors to access up-to-the-second tournament statistics…
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 229 artifacts Indexed by category from the collection.
    FU

    Fujtisu

    5 items →
    MJ

    Microwave Journal

    1 item →
    OU

    Olivetti Office USA

    1 item →
    IN

    Intel 80486

    2 items →
    HA

    Handspring

    2 items →
    KE

    Keyboard

    1 item →
    CO

    Compiler

    1 item →
    YI

    Young Ideas

    3 items →
    BR

    Brochure

    12 items →
    JE

    Jonathan Erickson

    17 items →
    NB

    Nicholas Baran

    42 items →
    PI

    ParaGraph International

    2 items →
    DE

    Development

    13 items →
    CO

    3Com

    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 22, 1991 – Volume 1, Number 1

    Volume 1 · Issue 01 Pen-Based Computing – January 22, 1991 – Volume 1, Number 1

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – February/March, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 2

    Volume 4 · Issue 02 Pen-Based Computing – February/March, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 2

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

    Volume 5 · Issue 08 Pen-Based Computing – August, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 8

    16 pp
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