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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
232
Organizations
104
People
204
Timeline
1987 — 2026
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    232 Items

    Apple 2026

    Newton Solutions Guide

    Pen Computing Magazine 1994

    Pen Computing Magazine, August 1994 – Premier Issue

    Watcom International Corporation 1991

    WATCOM C/386 User’s Guide for PenPoint

    aha! software corporation 1993
    aha! InkWriter Application Disk Version 1.01 - PenPoint 386 Hobbit (Front)

    aha! InkWriter Application Disk Version 1.01 (PenPoint 386/486 and Hobbit)

    Avail Technology, Inc. 1994

    Avail Technology – TapWorks (Newton)

    Creative Digital, Inc. 1993

    PIE Developers – Volume 1.15 – November, 1993

    GO Corporation 1992

    GO Corporation Certified Developer Letter

    aha! software corporation 1993
    aha! InkWriter at a Glance Quick Reference Guide (Cover)

    aha! InkWriter at a Glance Quick Reference Guide

    Stylus Publishing 1993
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 3, Number 1 (Cover)

    Pen-Based Computing – February, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 1

    GO Corporation 1992
    GO Corporation - PenPoint Development Tools (Cover)

    GO Corporation – PenPoint Development Tools

    GO Corporation 1992

    GO Corporation Correspondence – Quick Start Program (April 2, 1992)

    aha! software corporation 1993

    aha! InkWriter (Maquette)

    aha! software corporation 1994
    aha! InkWriter for Windows 2.0 Quick Reference (Cover)

    aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Quick Reference

    Metrowerks, Inc. 1997
    Metrowerks, Inc. - CodeWarrior for PalmPilot Brochure

    Metrowerks, Inc. – Metrowerks CodeWarrior for PalmPilot (Brochure)

    GO Corporation 1992

    GO Corporation PenPoint Developer Programs – SDK 1.0 Beta Phase 2 (Open Me First) Package

    Addison-Wesley Publishing Company 1992
    GO Corporation - PenPoint Architectural Reference Volume II (Cover)

    GO Corporation – PenPoint Architectural Reference – Volume II

    Avail Technology, Inc. 1994

    Avail Technology – GeoAssist (Newton)

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

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

    aha! software corporation 1994
    aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows (Maquette with Pasted Image)

    aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows (Pasted Maquette)

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

    aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows (Yellow Maquette)

    Young Ideas Software Design Services 1993

    Young Ideas Software Design Services (Pamphlet)

    Creative Digital, Inc. 1997

    Handheld Systems – Volume 5.1 – Jan/Feb 1997

    Creative Digital, Inc. 1995

    PDA Developers – Volume 3.1 – Jan/Feb 1995

    Volksware, Inc. 1995
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 2 (Cover)

    Pen-Based Computing – February, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 2

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    Newton Solutions Guide

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    Pen Computing Magazine, August 1994 – Premier Issue

    Pen Computing Magazine arrived on the scene in August, 1994 with this well-designed, information-packed issue. Edited by the highly-energetic and personable Conrad H. Blickenstorfer, the magazine entertainingly covered both vertical and…

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    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 →
    aha! InkWriter Application Disk Version 1.01 - PenPoint 386 Hobbit (Front)
    Gift of Greg Stikeleather, Founder and CEO, aha! software corporation

    aha! InkWriter Application Disk Version 1.01 (PenPoint 386/486 and Hobbit)

    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 →
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    Avail Technology – TapWorks (Newton)

    TapWorks was the first integrated software package for Apple Newton MessagePads. The application included a text processor, page formatter, spreadsheet, charting module, and drawing module.

    July 1994 View Details →

    PIE Developers – Volume 1.15 – November, 1993

    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…

    November 1993 View Details →

    GO Corporation Certified Developer Letter

    This is the original letter sent to certified PenPoint developers. Note the suggestion from Thom Hogan on how to get started by donning the Certified Developer’s T-shirt!

    September 1992 View Details →
    aha! InkWriter at a Glance Quick Reference Guide (Cover)
    Gift of Greg Stikeleather, Founder and CEO, aha! software corporation

    aha! InkWriter at a Glance Quick Reference Guide

    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 →
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 3, Number 1 (Cover)

    Pen-Based Computing – February, 1993 – Volume 3, 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…

    February 1993 View Details →
    GO Corporation - PenPoint Development Tools (Cover)

    GO Corporation – PenPoint Development Tools

    GO Corporation PenPoint Development Tools, which describes the PenPoint development environment and the tools that used to develop, test, and debug PenPoint applications. The first part introduces PenPoint application development,…

    April 1992 View Details →

    GO Corporation Correspondence – Quick Start Program (April 2, 1992)

    A letter on GO Corporation stationery from Arjen Maarleveld, Manager Developer Relations, about the GO Quick Start program for promoting learnability of PenPoint applications.

    April 1992 View Details →
    Gift of Greg Stikeleather, Founder and CEO, aha! software corporation

    aha! InkWriter (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 1993 View Details →
    aha! InkWriter for Windows 2.0 Quick Reference (Cover)
    Gift of Greg Stikeleather, Founder and CEO, aha! software corporation

    aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Quick Reference

    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…

    June 1994 View Details →
    Metrowerks, Inc. - CodeWarrior for PalmPilot Brochure

    Metrowerks, Inc. – Metrowerks CodeWarrior for PalmPilot (Brochure)

    CodeWarrior for PalmPilot was a software-development toolset from Metrowerks for building applications for the 3Com PalmPilot. This product brochure, headed “Powerful Tools for the 3Com PalmPilot,” presented it as a…

    July 1997 View Details →
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    GO Corporation PenPoint Developer Programs – SDK 1.0 Beta Phase 2 (Open Me First) Package

    This is the “Open Me First” envelope package that accompanied the PenPoint SDK 1.0 Beta Phase 2 software development kit.

    July 1992 View Details →
    GO Corporation - PenPoint Architectural Reference Volume II (Cover)

    GO Corporation – PenPoint Architectural Reference – Volume II

    GO Corporation PenPoint Architectural Reference, Volume II, together with Volume I, provides a comprehensive description of the Application Programmatic Interface (API) for the PenPoint operating system. This volume describes the…

    June 1992 View Details →

    Avail Technology – GeoAssist (Newton)

    Essential information for business professionals on the move. GeoAssist provides instant access to essential information: Major cities FlightTrack Telephone calling codes NewtonMail Local Access Numbers Telephone reference numbers Air travel…

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

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

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

    July 1992 View Details →
    aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows (Maquette with Pasted Image)
    Gift of Greg Stikeleather, Founder and CEO, aha! software corporation

    aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows (Pasted 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 →
    aha! InkWriter 2.0 Windows Yellow Maquette (Front)
    Gift of Greg Stikeleather, Founder and CEO, aha! software corporation

    aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows (Yellow 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 →

    Young Ideas Software Design Services (Pamphlet)

    With the introduction of GO Corp.’s PenPoint operating system and Microsoft Windows for Pen Computing, a number of consulting and services emerged to help clients create pen-optimized applications. Young Ideas,…

    July 1993 View Details →

    Handheld Systems – Volume 5.1 – Jan/Feb 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…

    January 1997 View Details →

    PDA Developers – Volume 3.1 – Jan/Feb 1995

    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…

    January 1995 View Details →
    Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 2 (Cover)

    Pen-Based Computing – February, 1995 – Volume 5, 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 1995 View Details →