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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
249
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 249 in the permanent collection.
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aha! software corporation 1994
aha! software corp. – InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Press Release

aha! software corp. – InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Press Release
GO Corporation 1992

GO Corporation PenPointers December 1992 (Newsletter)
Creative Digital, Inc. 1995

PDA Developers – Volume 3.1 – Jan/Feb 1995
Palmtop Publications 2000
Palmtop Journal – Issue 32 (Cover)

Palmtop – Issue 32
EO, Incorporated 1993
EO, Inc. - Personal Communicator 440 Order Form Letter (John Jerney)

EO, Inc. – Personal Communicator 440 Letter and Order Form (John Jerney)
AllPen Software, Inc.
AllPen Software Inc. -Company Brochure (Cover)

AllPen Software, Inc. – Company Brochure
Stylus Publishing 1991
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 1, Number 1 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – January 22, 1991 – Volume 1, Number 1
Pen Computing Magazine 2000
Pen Computing Magazine – November 2000 (Cover)

Pen Computing Magazine – November 2000
Metrowerks, Inc. 1997
Metrowerks, Inc. - Jim Welch Business Card (Front)

Metrowerks, Inc. – Jim Welch Business Card
Software Partners, Inc. 1994
Software Partners, Inc. - FreeStyle Version 1.0 Package (Front)

Software Partners, Inc. – FreeStyle Version 1.0 (Magic Cap)
Philips Electronics 1997

Philips Velo Pocket Guide (Brochure)
PenWorld, Incorporated 1994
Personal Electronics News - Issue 17 - May/June 1994 (Cover)

Personal Electronics News, Issue 17, May/June 1994
Thaddeus Computing, Inc. 2000

Pocket PC – November 00 Vol. 3 No. 5
3Com Corporation 1997

3Com PalmPilot Modem
Metrowerks, Inc. 1997
Metrowerks, Inc. - Metrowerks Fall 1997 Press Kit (Cover)

Metrowerks, Inc. – Metrowerks Fall 1997 Press Kit
Stylus Publishing 1993
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 3, Number 4 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – August/September, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 4
Palm, Inc. 2000

Palm Portable Keyboard (V Series)
Texas Microsystems, Inc. 1995
Texas Micro – The Soldier’s Computer (Brochure)

Texas Micro – The Soldier’s Computer (Brochure)

A chronology.

1987 — 2007 Selected from the museum's 2001 catalogued timeline events.
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1993Event
Bear Stearns to Host Fourth Annual Technology Conference in New York
"Hand-to-Hand Combat: The Emerging Hand Held Computer" presentation will feature Apple Computer, Inc., Cirrus Logic, Inc., Dataquest, Inc., EO, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company,…
1995Software
General Magic and Oracle Show Magic Cap-Interoffice Connectivity; Allows Mobile Access to the Enterprise
The demonstration illustrates how a mobile user could use a portable device to access a corporate network, and featured electronic mail retrieval…
1997Hardware
Navitel Communications Inc. & Philips Semiconductors Establish Strategic Technology Partnership; Companies Collaborate to Develop Web Screen Phone Internet Access Device
Navitel's TouchPhone is the industry's first Internet screen phone device to include the Windows CE operating system.
2001Event
WEB2001 and Internet+Mobile Conferences & Exposition offer Educational Platform for Web and Mobile Professionals
Sessions include "PDA Survivor" with four C-level executives debating issues involved when selecting an OS platform.
2003Software
PhatWare Releases CalliGrapher 7 Handwriting Recognition Software, Offering Powerful Features to Improve User Efficiency
Upgrades include support for multiple configurations, customizable "soft" keyboard and toolbar for faster information entry with reduced memory footprint.
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.
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 249 artifacts Indexed by category from the collection.
    JS

    John Wiley & Sons

    3 items →
    AC

    aha! software corporation

    32 items →
    YI

    Young Ideas

    3 items →
    UN

    University

    1 item →
    RD

    Royal daVinci

    1 item →
    VB

    Visitor's Badge

    1 item →
    PM

    Portable 100 Magazine

    2 items →
    KE

    Keyboard

    1 item →
    FT

    France Telecom

    3 items →
    OU

    Olivetti Office USA

    1 item →
    CO

    3Com

    4 items →
    MI

    Mobile Insights

    3 items →
    ZO

    Zoomer

    2 items →
    GS

    Gaia Software

    2 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 – December, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 12

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

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – February, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 2

    Volume 5 · Issue 02 Pen-Based Computing – February, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 2

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – January, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 1

    Volume 5 · Issue 01 Pen-Based Computing – January, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 1

    16 pp
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