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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
246
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 246 in the permanent collection.
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Creative Digital, Inc. 1994

PIE Developers – Volume 2.5 – September, 1994
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! software corporation - InkWriter 2.0 for Windows References

aha! software corporation – aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows References
Palm Computing, Inc. 1993

Palm Connect for Zoomer (PC Version)
Young Ideas Software Design Services 1993

Young Ideas The Rogue PenApps Workbook (Document)
IDG Books Worldwide, Inc. 1999

Palm Computing for Dummies (Book)
Creative Digital, Inc. 1997

Handheld Systems – Volume 5.1 – Jan/Feb 1997
Volksware, Inc. 1995
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 7 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – July, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 7
3Com Corporation 1998

3Com Palm V Modem – IBM WordPad c3
Stylus Publishing 1992
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 2, Number 5 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – December, 1992 – Volume 2, Number 5
Palmtop Publications 2000
Palmtop Journal – Issue 28 (Cover)

Palmtop – Issue 28
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)
PenMagic Software Inc. 1993
PenMagic LetterExpress 1.1 Product-Fact Sheet (Front)

PenMagic LetterExpress 1.1 (Product Fact Sheet)
AllPen Software, Inc.
AllPen Software Inc. -Company Brochure (Cover)

AllPen Software, Inc. – Company Brochure
GO Corporation 1991

WATCOM C Language Reference
aha! software corporation 1995

aha! InkWriter for Tablets (Promotional Card)
Volksware, Inc. 1995
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 11 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – November, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 11
GO Corporation 1992

GO Corporation Certified Developer Letter
PennWell Corporation 1998
Portable Design Magazine – January 1998 (Cover)

Portable Design – January 1998

A chronology.

1987 — 2007 Selected from the museum's 2001 catalogued timeline events.
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1991Organization
Communication Intelligence Corp. Files Registration Statement for Secondary Offering of Common Stock
Communication Intelligence Corp. announces that it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement for a proposed resale into…
1992Publication
‘Best of COMDEX/Fall’ Awards Presented by BYTE Magazine and The Interface Group
Winners include GRID Systems Corp. for the GRID Convertible Company and EO Inc. for the EO Personal Communicator 440.
1994Communications
Racotek Expands Mobile Data Service to Cellular and Satellite with Westinghouse Series 1000 Mobile Satellite Telephone System
This enables users of Racotek's mobile data transmission services to access mobile satellite/cellular communications services to be provided by American Mobile Satellite…
1997Event
First Conference on Wireless Data Operating Systems Records Success
Approximately 150 people attended the first Outlook on Wireless OS '97 conference last week to hear officials from operating system companies that…
1999Publication
Mobile Insights Announces Major Expansion For 2000; Five Conferences Headline Growth
Mobile Insights (MI), the leading information source for the mobile computing and data communications markets, announced today major expansion for 2000 and…
2003Software
iPassConnect Extends Enterprise Connectivity to PDAS and MAC OS X
iPassConnect 2.0 for PocketPC 2002 simplifies the experience of connecting a personal digital assistant (PDA) to a broadband Wi-Fi network.
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.

The collection.

Browse 246 artifacts Indexed by category from the collection.
    AO

    AOL

    2 items →
    UD

    User Documentation

    12 items →
    RD

    Royal daVinci

    1 item →
    ZO

    Zoomer

    2 items →
    CO

    3Com

    4 items →
    VB

    Visitor's Badge

    1 item →
    BO

    Book

    13 items →
    EM

    Ex Machina

    2 items →
    YI

    Young Ideas

    3 items →
    FR

    Franklin

    2 items →
    OL

    Olivetti

    2 items →
    JS

    John Wiley & Sons

    3 items →
    SW

    Software

    18 items →
    CO

    Coupon

    1 item →

    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 – February, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 2

    Volume 6 · Issue 02 Pen-Based Computing – February, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 2

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – April, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 4

    Volume 5 · Issue 04 Pen-Based Computing – April, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 4

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – March, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 3

    Volume 6 · Issue 03 Pen-Based Computing – March, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 3

    16 pp
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