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Every artifact.

The complete catalog of pen-based computing artifacts — hardware, software, magazines, advertisements, and primary documents drawn from the museum's collection.

Artifacts
232
Organizations
104
People
204
Timeline
1987 — 2026
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    232 Items

    aha! software corporation 1994
    aha! software corporation - Gregory Stikeleather Business Card (English)

    aha! software corporation – Gregory Stikeleather Business Card

    Creative Digital, Inc. 1994

    PIE Developers – Volume 2.4 – July, 1994

    Volksware, Inc. 1995
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 7 (Cover)

    Pen-Based Computing – July, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 7

    GO Corporation 1994
    Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure - Jerry Kaplan (Cover)

    Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure Story (Book)

    Metrowerks, Inc. 1997
    Metrowerks, Inc. - Metrowerks Fall 1997 Press Kit (Cover)

    Metrowerks, Inc. – Metrowerks Fall 1997 Press Kit

    Volksware, Inc. 1995
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 9 (Cover)

    Pen-Based Computing – September, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 9

    Volksware, Inc. 1994
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 3 (Cover)

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

    General Magic, Inc. 1994

    Sony Magic Link PIC-1000 Personal Intelligent Communicator

    GeoWorks Corporation 1992
    GeoWorks, Inc. - GEOS Software Development Kit Objects - Volume 2, Release 0.8 (Cover)

    GeoWorks, Inc. – GEOS Software Development Kit Objects, Volume 2, Release 0.8 (Documentation)

    aha! software corporation 1993
    aha! InkWriter Handbook - PenPoint (Cover)

    aha InkWriter Handbook (PenPoint)

    GeoWorks Corporation 1992
    GeoWorks, Inc. - GEOS Software Development Kit Routines, Release 0.8 (Cover)

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

    PennWell Corporation 1999
    Portable Design Magazine – November 1999 (Cover)

    Portable Design – November 1999

    Addison-Wesley Publishing Company 1992
    GO Corporation - PenPoint Application Writing Guide (Cover)

    GO Corporation – PenPoint Application Writing Guide

    Stylus Publishing 1993
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 3, Number 5 (Cover)

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

    Palm Computing, Inc. 1994

    Palm Graffiti (for Zoomer) Package

    Dauphin Technology, Inc. 1993
    Dauphin Technologies DTR-1 (photo CC by Shelby-Jueden)

    Dauphin Technology – DTR-1

    Apple Computer, Inc. 1994

    Apple Newton MessagePad Handbook

    Palmtop Publications 2000
    Palmtop Journal – Issue 28 (Cover)

    Palmtop – Issue 28

    aha! software corporation 1994
    aha! software corp - InkWriter 2.0 Windows Screen Shots and Captions (Document)

    aha! software corp. – InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Screen Shots and Captions (Document)

    Creative Digital, Inc. 1995

    Creative Digital – ViewFrame (Newton)

    Creative Digital, Inc. 1994

    PIE Developers – Volume 2.5 – September, 1994

    Creative Digital, Inc. 1997

    Handheld Systems – Volume 5.2 – March/April 1997

    Olivetti Office USA, Inc. 1998

    Royal daVinci Palm-Size PDA DV1

    WPDO 1993

    WPDO News – Volume 2, Number 3, May 1993

    aha! software corporation - Gregory Stikeleather Business Card (English)

    aha! software corporation – Gregory Stikeleather Business Card

    Bilingual business card for Greg Stikeleather, President & CEO of aha! software corporation.

    July 1994 View Details →

    PIE Developers – Volume 2.4 – July, 1994

    PIE Developers, later PDA Developers, was the premier, independent printed resource for PDA developers in the mid-to-late 1990s. Originally billing itself as “A Technical Journal for Newton Developers,” early issues…

    July 1994 View Details →
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 7 (Cover)

    Pen-Based Computing – July, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 7

    This is an original edition of Pen-Based Computing: The Journal of Stylus Systems, the premier industry newsletter for consumer and industrial stylus-based computing systems. Issues of the newsletter are in…

    July 1995 View Details →
    Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure - Jerry Kaplan (Cover)

    Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure Story (Book)

    Original edition of Jerry Kaplan’s memoir recounting the inception, founding, launch, and struggles of GO Corporation in Silicon Valley.

    July 1994 View Details →
    Metrowerks, Inc. - Metrowerks Fall 1997 Press Kit (Cover)

    Metrowerks, Inc. – Metrowerks Fall 1997 Press Kit

    Original Metrowerks press kit.

    July 1997 View Details →
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 9 (Cover)

    Pen-Based Computing – September, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 9

    This is an original edition of Pen-Based Computing: The Journal of Stylus Systems, the premier industry newsletter for consumer and industrial stylus-based computing systems. Issues of the newsletter are in…

    September 1995 View Details →
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 3 (Cover)

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

    This is an original edition of Pen-Based Computing: The Journal of Stylus Systems, the premier industry newsletter for consumer and industrial stylus-based computing systems. Issues of the newsletter are in…

    April 1994 View Details →

    Sony Magic Link PIC-1000 Personal Intelligent Communicator

    The Magic Link was a personal communicator and PDA marketed by Sony from 1994, based on the General Magic’s Magic Cap operating system. The “Link” part of the name refers…

    July 1994 View Details →
    GeoWorks, Inc. - GEOS Software Development Kit Objects - Volume 2, Release 0.8 (Cover)

    GeoWorks, Inc. – GEOS Software Development Kit Objects, Volume 2, Release 0.8 (Documentation)

    The original Preliminary Documentation Release 0.8 of the GeoWorks GEOS Software Development Kit Objects Volume 2 developer documentation.

    July 1992 View Details →
    aha! InkWriter Handbook - PenPoint (Cover)
    Gift of Greg Stikeleather, Founder and CEO, aha! software corporation

    aha InkWriter Handbook (PenPoint)

    A truly revolutionary product, aha! inkWriter allowed you to work with handwritten text as if you were using a word processor. You could hand write paragraphs, create bullet lists, highlight…

    July 1993 View Details →
    GeoWorks, Inc. - GEOS Software Development Kit Routines, Release 0.8 (Cover)

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

    The original Preliminary Documentation Release 0.8 of the GeoWorks GEOS Software Development Kit Routines developer documentation.

    July 1992 View Details →
    Portable Design Magazine – November 1999 (Cover)

    Portable Design – November 1999

    This is an original edition of Portable Design magazine. The publication focused on hardware design for portable and handheld systems.

    November 1999 View Details →
    GO Corporation - PenPoint Application Writing Guide (Cover)

    GO Corporation – PenPoint Application Writing Guide

    GO Corporation PenPoint Application Writing Guide, teaches how to write an application for the PenPoint operating system. It begins by introducing the PenPoint operating system and the Application Framework, which…

    March 1992 View Details →
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 3, Number 5 (Cover)

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

    This is an original edition of Pen-Based Computing: The Journal of Stylus Systems, the premier industry newsletter for consumer and industrial stylus-based computing systems. Issues of the newsletter are in…

    Palm Graffiti (for Zoomer) Package

    Graffiti was a single-stroke shorthand handwriting recognition system developed by Jeff Hawkins (Palm Computing). By using a simpler alphabet, lower-powered handheld devices could easily recognize handwriting. Hawkins believed that people…

    July 1994 View Details →
    Dauphin Technologies DTR-1 (photo CC by Shelby-Jueden)

    Dauphin Technology – DTR-1

    The Dauphin DTR-1 was an Intel 80486-based mobile computer that, at 2.5lbs, offered both pen- and keyboard-based input, along with supporting a wide range of desktop accessories.

    July 1993 View Details →

    Apple Newton MessagePad Handbook

    This is the original handbook included with the Apple Newton MessagePad.

    July 1994 View Details →
    Palmtop Journal – Issue 28 (Cover)

    Palmtop – Issue 28

    Palmtop: The journal for today’s Psion user was the premier glossy magazine for Psion users. Published and edited by Steve Clack, the magazine was distinctive in its diminutive size and…

    April 2026 View Details →
    aha! software corp - InkWriter 2.0 Windows Screen Shots and Captions (Document)

    aha! software corp. – InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Screen Shots and Captions (Document)

    Photocopied document intended for industry analysts and media editors showing screen shots (with captions) of InkWriter 2.0 for Windows

    July 1994 View Details →

    Creative Digital – ViewFrame (Newton)

    Debugging and Exploration Tool for Newton Devices ViewFrame is a set of Newton-resident programs for exploring and debugging Newton software. ViewFrame lets you browse a Newton’s complete object space, forward…

    July 1995 View Details →

    PIE Developers – Volume 2.5 – September, 1994

    PIE Developers, later PDA Developers, was the premier, independent printed resource for PDA developers in the mid-to-late 1990s. Originally billing itself as “A Technical Journal for Newton Developers,” the journal…

    September 1994 View Details →

    Handheld Systems – Volume 5.2 – March/April 1997

    Handheld Systems, originally PIE Developers and later PDA Developers, was the premier independent printed resource for mobile developers in the mid-to-late 1990s. At various points billing itself as “A Technical Journal for PDA…

    March 1997 View Details →

    Royal daVinci Palm-Size PDA DV1

    A lower-priced competitor to the Palm Pilot, this device was clearly closely modeled on the more famous, ground-breaking Pilot. Interestingly, note the use of a logo that’s strikingly similar to…

    July 1998 View Details →

    WPDO News – Volume 2, Number 3, May 1993

    WPDO News was the official, printed newsletter of the Worldwide PenPoint Developers Organization (WPDO), headquartered in Palo Alto, California. This original edition was mailed to WPDO members using standard postal…

    May 1993 View Details →