GO Corporation PenPointers June 1993 (Newsletter)
PenPointers was the official software developers newsletter published by GO Corporation. Issues contained corporate updates, descriptions of new operating system features, hardware compatibility notes, and tips and techniques, among other information.
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Artifact Details
GO Corporation
United States
English
June 1993
Four page, black & white, saddle-stitched, paper.
8.5" x 11" (4 pages)
PenPointers June 1993
June 1993
Direct from publisher
2020-07-02
Organizations
History
PenPointers was the software developer newsletter published by GO Corporation for the community writing applications on its PenPoint operating system, and the June 1993 issue carried the masthead line "Information for PenPoint Developers."1
The issue opened with a "GO Communication Products Update" reviewing the status of GO's communications software for the EO Personal Communicator and related products including GO Fax and MSG Link.1 EO Inc. had begun shipping the EO Personal Communicator in volume that April, and the device was due to reach AT&T Phone Center stores beginning in June 1993.2
Later pages turned to products from GO's third-party developers: PenMagic Software of North Vancouver, British Columbia announced that its Numero product had shipped at version 2.0; Sharpened Software introduced a set of developer tools; and Slate Corporation of Scottsdale, Arizona promoted a special offer on its PenApps software.1 The same pages described the aBase Engine product from H2 Software of Sausalito, California and an update to GO's PenPoint Catalog of Products and Services, and the issue closed with a developer classifieds section.1
GO Corporation, a privately held company based in Foster City, California, was the developer of PenPoint, the operating system at the center of the emerging personal-communicator platform; two months after this issue appeared, GO and EO Inc. announced in August 1993 that they would merge to become AT&T's personal-communicator company.3
AI generated using primary sources referenced in the footnotes
Footnotes
- GO Corporation, GO Corporation PenPointers June 1993 (Newsletter) (image scan), June 1993
- EO Inc., EO First to Ship Personal Communicators in Volume, April 21, 1993
- GO Corporation, GO Corp. and EO Inc. to Join Forces and Become AT&T's Personal Communicator Company, August 13, 1993
Oral History
Media
GO Corporation – Introducing PenPoint (1991)
GO Corporation used this video to promote the developer release of the PenPoint OS in 1991. PenPoint was one of the first operating systems designed specifically to run on mobile devices. Featuring: Dr. Norm Vincent (State Farm), Terry Conner (EDS), Phillipe Kahn (Borland), Jack Blount (Novell), David Reed (Lotus), Alan Lefkof (Grid), Vern Raburn (Slate), Dan Bricklin (Slate), and Jim Cannavino (IBM).
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