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

Artifacts
228
Organizations
104
People
204
Timeline
1987 — 2026
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    228 Items

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1993

    The AT&T EO Travel Companion (Book)

    Peterborough, Inc. 1987
    Portable 100 Magazine – September 1987 (Cover)

    Portable 100 – September 1987

    Volksware, Inc. 1996
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 6, Number 3 (Cover)

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

    Palmtop Publications 1999
    Palmtop Journal – Issue 25 (Cover)

    Palmtop – Issue 25

    aha! software corporation 1994
    aha! InkWriter 2.0 Windows Maquette (Front)

    aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows (Maquette)

    Stylus Publishing 1991
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 1, Number 1 (Cover)

    Pen-Based Computing – January 22, 1991 – Volume 1, Number 1

    Watcom International Corporation 1991

    WATCOM C/386 User’s Guide for PenPoint

    WPDO 1992

    Worldwide PenPoint Developers Organization (WPDO) Meeting Notice – July 23, 1992

    Pen Computing Magazine 1998
    Pen Computing Magazine – April 1998 (Cover)

    Pen Computing Magazine – April 1998

    Olivetti Office USA, Inc. 1998

    Royal daVinci Palm-Size PDA DV1

    Palmtop Publications 1998
    Palmtop Journal – Issue 20 (Cover)

    Palmtop Journal – Issue 20

    Metrowerks, Inc. 1997
    Metrowerks, Inc. - Jim Welch Business Card (Front)

    Metrowerks, Inc. – Jim Welch Business Card

    Volksware, Inc. 1994
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 6 (Cover)

    Pen-Based Computing – July, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 6

    Psion, Inc. 1996

    PSION Press Package (November 18, 1996)

    Volksware, Inc. 1996
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 6, Number 2 (Cover)

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

    PenMagic Software Inc. 1993
    PenMagic LetterExpress 1.1 Product-Fact Sheet (Front)

    PenMagic LetterExpress 1.1 (Product Fact Sheet)

    Palmtop Publications 2001
    Palmtop Journal – Issue 35 (Cover)

    Palmtop – Issue 35

    Volksware, Inc. 1994
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 5 (Cover)

    Pen-Based Computing – June, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 5

    PennWell Corporation 2000

    Handspring Add-On & Accessories Catalog

    Stylus Publishing 1992
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 2, Number 2 (Cover)

    Pen-Based Computing – May, 1992 – Volume 2, Number 2

    Palm Computing, Inc. 1994

    Palm Graffiti (for Zoomer) Package

    Stylus Publishing 1991
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 1, Number 4 (Cover)

    Pen-Based Computing – August, 1991 – Volume 1, Number 4

    Creative Digital, Inc. 1996

    PDA Developers – Volume 4.6 – Nov/Dec 1996

    Volksware, Inc. 1994
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 9 (Cover)

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

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    The AT&T EO Travel Companion (Book)

    “Beam me up, Scottie–I’ve got the new AT&T EO Personal Communicator!” announces the back cover. The enthusiasm is clear. Here was the first device to fully integrate a notebook user…

    July 1993 View Details →
    Portable 100 Magazine – September 1987 (Cover)

    Portable 100 – September 1987

    This original issue of Portable 100 magazine was on newsstands on the same month as the founding of GO Corporation in 1987. While this magazine didn’t address pen-based computing directly,…

    September 1987 View Details →
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 6, Number 3 (Cover)

    Pen-Based Computing – March, 1996 – Volume 6, 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…

    March 1996 View Details →
    Palmtop Journal – Issue 25 (Cover)

    Palmtop – Issue 25

    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…

    September 1999 View Details →
    aha! InkWriter 2.0 Windows Maquette (Front)
    Gift of Greg Stikeleather, Founder and CEO, aha! software corporation

    aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows (Maquette)

    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 1994 View Details →
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 1, Number 1 (Cover)

    Pen-Based Computing – January 22, 1991 – Volume 1, Number 1

    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…

    January 1991 View Details →

    WATCOM C/386 User’s Guide for PenPoint

    This is the original WATCOM C User’s Guide (Intel 386 architecture) for the GO Corp. PenPoint operating system.

    July 1991 View Details →

    Worldwide PenPoint Developers Organization (WPDO) Meeting Notice – July 23, 1992

    This is an original meeting notice for the July 23, 1992 gathering of the Worldwide PenPoint Developers Organization at GO Corporation’s headquarters in Foster City, California. This was distributed on…

    July 1992 View Details →
    Pen Computing Magazine – April 1998 (Cover)

    Pen Computing Magazine – April 1998

    Pen Computing Magazine arrived on the scene in August, 1994 and continued producing well-designed, information-packed issues for several years. Edited by the highly-energetic and personable Conrad H. Blickenstorfer, the magazine…

    April 1998 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 →
    Palmtop Journal – Issue 20 (Cover)

    Palmtop Journal – Issue 20

    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…

    July 1998 View Details →
    Metrowerks, Inc. - Jim Welch Business Card (Front)

    Metrowerks, Inc. – Jim Welch Business Card

    Two-sided business card for Jim Welch, Vice President, Finance & Chief Finance Officer of Metrowerks, Inc.

    July 1997 View Details →
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 6 (Cover)

    Pen-Based Computing – July, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 6

    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 1994 View Details →

    PSION Press Package (November 18, 1996)

    November 1996 View Details →
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 6, Number 2 (Cover)

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

    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…

    February 1996 View Details →
    PenMagic LetterExpress 1.1 Product-Fact Sheet (Front)

    PenMagic LetterExpress 1.1 (Product Fact Sheet)

    This is an original product fact sheet from North Vancouver, British Columbia-based PenMagic Software providing a product summary, explaining target users, and describing key features and benefits, among other information.

    June 1993 View Details →
    Palmtop Journal – Issue 35 (Cover)

    Palmtop – Issue 35

    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…

    September 2026 View Details →
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 5 (Cover)

    Pen-Based Computing – June, 1994 – Volume 4, 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…

    June 1994 View Details →

    Handspring Add-On & Accessories Catalog

    This is a small printed catalog of add-ons and accessories for the Handspring personal digital assistant.

    July 2026 View Details →
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 2, Number 2 (Cover)

    Pen-Based Computing – May, 1992 – Volume 2, Number 2

    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…

    May 1992 View Details →

    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 →
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 1, Number 4 (Cover)

    Pen-Based Computing – August, 1991 – Volume 1, Number 4

    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…

    August 1991 View Details →

    PDA Developers – Volume 4.6 – Nov/Dec 1996

    PDA Developers, originally PIE Developers, was the premier, independent printed resource for mobile developers in the mid-to-late 1990s. Billing itself as “A Technical Journal for PDA Developers,” each issue contained detailed…

    November 1996 View Details →
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 9 (Cover)

    Pen-Based Computing – November, 1994 – Volume 4, 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…

    November 1994 View Details →