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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
232
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 232 in the permanent collection.
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EO, Incorporated 1993
EO, Inc. - Pen Expo Attendee Letter (August 26, 1993)

EO, Inc. – Pen Expo Attendee Letter (August 26, 1993)
Volksware, Inc. 1995
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 12 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – December, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 12
Young Ideas Software Design Services 1993

Young Ideas The Rogue PenApps Workbook (Document)
PennWell Corporation 2000

Handspring Add-On & Accessories Catalog
GO Corporation 1994
Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure - Jerry Kaplan (Cover)

Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure Story (Book)
GO Corporation 1991

GO Corporation – Installing PenPoint Demo Release, Beta Phase 2
Creative Digital, Inc. 1996

PDA Developers – Volume 4.2 – March/April 1996
Volksware, Inc. 1995
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 5 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – May, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 5
aha! software corporation 1995

aha! InkWriter for Tablets (Promotional Card)
Stylus Publishing 1992
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 2, Number 4 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – October, 1992 – Volume 2, Number 4
PennWell Corporation 1998
Portable Design Magazine – January 1998 (Cover)

Portable Design – January 1998
Casio, Inc. 1998

Casio Cassiopeia A-20 8MB (Brochure)
GO Corporation 1992

GO Corporation Certified Developer Letter
Volksware, Inc. 1996
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 6, Number 5 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – April, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 5
Stylus Publishing 1993
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 3, Number 2 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – April, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 2
Stylus Publishing 1993
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 3, Number 4 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – August/September, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 4
Pen Computing Magazine 1999

Pen Computing Magazine – October 1999
Apple Computer, Inc. 1997

Apple Newton Connection Utilities User’s Manual (for the Macintosh Operating System)

A chronology.

1987 — 2007 Selected from the museum's 2001 catalogued timeline events.
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1989Hardware
Software Companies Writing Programs for GRiDPad
GRiD Systems Corp. announces that numerous software vendors are building applications for the handwriting and electronic pen interface capabilities of GRiDPad, its…
1997Event
Wireless Datacom Analysts Andrew Seybold and Alan Reiter Announce Conference on Wireless Data Operating Systems
The one-day conference, entitled Outlook on Wireless OS '97, springboards off the late-1996 introduction of Microsoft's Windows CE wireless device operating system.
1998Communications
IBM WorkPad and 3Com PalmPilot Users Gain Wireless Access to Lotus Domino
Lotus Development Corp. announces new wireless communications solutions for Lotus Domino customers who use market-leading personal digital assistants (PDAs) from IBM and…
2002Software
Handmark Creates MobileTools Bundle For Palm Powered PDAs
Handmark offers online and retail buyers of software for Palm Powered PDAs a savings of $100 on a suite of ten popular…
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.
2004Organization
Survey: Psychiatrists Using Handheld Computers to Improve Quality of Patient Care
Skyscape survey finds key psychiatric reference use on PDAs helps reduce medical errors.
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 232 artifacts Indexed by category from the collection.
    GE

    GEOS

    7 items →
    RE

    Rolodex Electronics

    1 item →
    WC

    Windows for Pen Computing

    5 items →
    FR

    Franklin

    2 items →
    JA

    Japan

    1 item →
    BO

    Book

    13 items →
    NE

    Newsletter

    11 items →
    LE

    Letter

    5 items →
    DI

    Disk

    4 items →
    UD

    User Documentation

    12 items →
    MA

    Magazine

    49 items →
    TA

    Tablet

    2 items →
    IB

    IBM

    1 item →
    OR

    Oracle

    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 – September/October, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 8

    Volume 4 · Issue 08 Pen-Based Computing – September/October, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 8

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – October, 1992 – Volume 2, Number 4

    Volume 2 · Issue 04 Pen-Based Computing – October, 1992 – Volume 2, Number 4

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – April, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 3

    Volume 4 · Issue 03 Pen-Based Computing – April, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 3

    16 pp
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