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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
218
Timeline span
1987 — 2007
Recorded events
1975 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 218 in the permanent collection.
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Volksware, Inc. 1994
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 6 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – July, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 6
Casio, Inc. 1998

Casio Cassiopeia A-20 8MB (Brochure)
Creative Digital, Inc. 1995

PDA Developers – Volume 3.4 – July/Aug 1995
Creative Digital, Inc. 1994

PIE Developers – Volume 2.5 – September, 1994
aha! software corporation 1993

aha! InkWriter (Maquette)
Metrowerks, Inc. 1997
Metrowerks, Inc. - Metrowerks Ships CodeWarrior for PalmPilot Release 3 Press Release (Side 1)

Metrowerks, Inc. – Metrowerks Ships CodeWarrior for PalmPilot Release 3 Press Release
Volksware, Inc. 1994
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 9 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – November, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 9
aha! software corporation 1993
aha! InkWriter Version 1.01 - PenPoint Package (Front)

aha! InkWriter Version 1.01 for PenPoint (Package)
EO, Incorporated 1993
EO, Inc. - Personal Communicator 440 Order Form Letter (John Jerney)

EO, Inc. – Personal Communicator 440 Letter and Order Form (John Jerney)
Stylus Publishing 1991
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 1, Number 1 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – January 22, 1991 – Volume 1, Number 1
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company 1992
GO Corporation - PenPoint Architectural Reference - Volume I (Cover)

GO Corporation – PenPoint Architectural Reference – Volume I
Palm Computing, Inc. 1993

Palm Connect for Zoomer (PC Version)
Pilot Island Publishing, Inc. 1997

Palm Goodies Vol. 1
GO Corporation 1991

WATCOM C Language Reference
Stylus Publishing 1991
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 1, Number 2 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – May, 1991 – Volume 1, Number 2
Palm Computing, Inc. 1994

Palm Graffiti (for Zoomer) Package
GO Corporation 1992

GO Corporation PenPointers December 1992 (Newsletter)
GeoWorks Corporation 1992
GeoWorks, Inc. - GEOS Software Development Kit Swat, Release 0.8 (Cover)

GeoWorks, Inc. – GEOS Software Development Kit Swat, Release 0.8 (Documentation)

A chronology.

1987 — 2007 Selected from the museum's 1975 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…
1994Organization
Wireless Telecom Signs Additional Agreements with Leading Hardware and Software Vendors and Service Providers
WTI adds to its growing list of industry partnerships by offering the following: Apple Computer's mobile products, MobileWare's MobileWare software, Nettech's wireless…
1998Communications
GoAmerica to Offer Turnkey Wireless SFA Solution That Creates a Handheld Mobile Office
GoAmerica hardware bundle features Sharp Mobilon Pro Handheld PC with wireless PC Card modem from Sierra Wireless and MobileWord's TalkText on-line office…
1999Software
Strata Systems’ Punch List Version 2 Offers Compatibility With Primavera Software
New version of project tracking software offers Primavera users palm-based access to projects.
2002Organization
General Magic Announces Receipt of Delisting Notice From Nasdaq Stock Market
General Magic, Inc. announces that it received notice from NASDAQ that, in accordance with Marketplace Rule 4330(a)(3), General Magic's securities will be…
2003Hardware
Wolfson Becomes Mixed-Signal Supplier of Choice for PDA Vendors
Wolfson Microelectronics plc receives endorsement for its high-performance audio CODECs from two leading players in the consumer electronics field. Both Toshiba and…
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 218 artifacts Indexed by category from the collection.
    TA

    Tablet

    2 items →
    PM

    Portable 100 Magazine

    2 items →
    SP

    Stylus Publishing

    18 items →
    ZO

    Zoomer

    2 items →
    LE

    Lexicus

    4 items →
    DA

    Dauphin

    2 items →
    GC

    GO Corporation

    50 items →
    NB

    Nicholas Baran

    31 items →
    ID

    Internal Document

    1 item →
    MJ

    Microwave Journal

    1 item →
    UD

    User Documentation

    12 items →
    RM

    Regis McKenna

    2 items →
    WM

    Wireless for the Corporate User Magazine

    2 items →
    EM

    Ex Machina

    2 items →

    Pen-Based Computing,
    the newsletter.

    Eight volumes · Sixty five issues The original newsletter — every issue digitized in full (soon).
    Pen-Based Computing – August/September, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 4

    Volume 3 · Issue 04 Pen-Based Computing – August/September, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 4

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – December, 1992 – Volume 2, Number 5

    Volume 2 · Issue 05 Pen-Based Computing – December, 1992 – Volume 2, Number 5

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – November, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 9

    Volume 4 · Issue 09 Pen-Based Computing – November, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 9

    16 pp
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