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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
224
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 224 in the permanent collection.
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GO Corporation 1992

GO Corporation PenPointers December 1992 (Newsletter)
Fujitsu Personal Systems, Inc. 1992

Fujitsu PoqetPad Read Me First!
GO Corporation 1992

GO Corporation Correspondence – PenPoint SDK 1.0a (May 29, 1992)
Creative Digital, Inc. 1996

PDA Developers – Volume 4.2 – March/April 1996
Stylus Publishing 1993
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 3, Number 5 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – October/November, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 5
GO Corporation 1992

GO Corporation – Getting Started with PenPoint (Version 1.0)
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company 1992
GO Corporation - PenPoint Architectural Reference Volume II (Cover)

GO Corporation – PenPoint Architectural Reference – Volume II
IDG Books Worldwide, Inc. 1999

Palm Computing for Dummies (Book)
PennWell Corporation 1998
Portable Design Magazine – January 1998 (Cover)

Portable Design – January 1998
Volksware, Inc. 1995
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 5 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – May, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 5
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company 1992
PenPoint Programming (Cover)

PenPoint Programming (Book)
Creative Digital, Inc. 1996

PDA Developers – Volume 4.4 – July/August 1996
Volksware, Inc. 1995
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 7 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – July, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 7
PenWorld, Incorporated 1994
Personal Electronics News - Issue 16 - March/April 1994 (Cover)

Personal Electronics News, Issue 16, March/April 1994
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! software corporation - InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Press Kit

aha! software corporation – aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Press Kit
Thaddeus Computing, Inc. 2000

Handheld PC Magazine Windows CE Buyer’s Guide 2000 (Catalog)
General Magic, Inc. 1996
General Magic Visitor's Badge (John Jerney, 10/25/96)

General Magic Visitor’s Badge (John Jerney, 10/25/1996)
Creative Digital, Inc. 1995

Creative Digital – ViewFrame (Newton)

A chronology.

1987 — 2007 Selected from the museum's 2001 catalogued timeline events.
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1996Service
AT&T Announces Discontinuation of AT&T PersonaLink Services
AT&T informs AT&T PersonaLink Services customers that the service will be discontinued on August 30, 1996.
1997Organization
Nortel and Communication Intelligence Corporation Announce Joint Development to Define Next Generation Wireless Communications Standards and Products
Communication Intelligence Corporation and Nortel will work to develop communication protocols and to integrate key pen input technologies for handwriting recognition and…
2000Software
Quicksheet for Palm Devices Now Available at Japanese E-tailer, Vis-A-Vis
Deal marks first Japanese-language download site for top-selling Palm OS spreadsheet software.
2001Hardware
Targus Introduces USB Charge-Sync Cable for the Palm V
Allows Palm V users to both sync and recharge PDA with one easy-to-carry cable.
2003Software
iPass Improves Its Enterprise Connectivity Offerings for PDA Devices and Mac OS X
iPass announces that it has upgraded capabilities for two versions of its smart client: iPassConnect(TM) 2.0 for PocketPC 2002 and iPassConnect(TM) 2.3…
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 224 artifacts Indexed by category from the collection.
    ID

    Ink Development

    1 item →
    HR

    Handwriting Recognition

    7 items →
    WO

    Worldwide PenPoint Developers Organization

    11 items →
    BR

    Brochure

    12 items →
    DR

    Draft

    1 item →
    FR

    Franklin

    2 items →
    UD

    User Documentation

    12 items →
    MJ

    Microwave Journal

    1 item →
    AD

    Addison-Wesley

    4 items →
    KE

    Keyboard

    1 item →
    GM

    General Magic

    18 items →
    YI

    Young Ideas

    3 items →
    PA

    Package

    14 items →
    SW

    Software

    18 items →

    Pen-Based Computing,
    the newsletter.

    Eight volumes · Sixty five issues The original newsletter — every issue digitized in full (soon).
    Pen-Based Computing – April, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 2

    Volume 3 · Issue 02 Pen-Based Computing – April, 1993 – Volume 3, 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
    Pen-Based Computing – May, 1991 – Volume 1, Number 2

    Volume 1 · Issue 02 Pen-Based Computing – May, 1991 – Volume 1, Number 2

    16 pp
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