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The organizations that built pen-based computing — the hardware makers, software houses, magazine publishers, and startups whose products and ideas live on in the museum's collection.

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Organizations
104
Products
49
Artifacts
231
Span
1976 — 2026
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    Eidetic, Inc.

    Eidetic, Inc. was a small Bend, Oregon software company, founded in 1992 as Blank, Berlyn & Co. and renamed Eidetic in April 1995. In pen-computing circles it is remembered for…

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    EO, Incorporated

    EO, Incorporated was founded in 1991 in Mountain View, California, to build pen-based personal communicators — handheld devices integrating cellular telephony, fax, email, and personal organization on AT&T’s Hobbit RISC…

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    Ex Machina, Inc.

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    First Pen Systems, Inc.

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    France Telecom

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    Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.

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    Fujitsu Limited

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    Fujitsu Personal Systems, Inc.

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    Gaia Software

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    General Magic, Inc.

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    GeoWorks Corporation

    GO Corporation (Logo with Wordmark)
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    GO Corporation

    GO Corporation was a Foster City, California startup that pioneered pen-based personal computing from 1987 to 1994. Backed by roughly $75 million from Kleiner Perkins, IBM, and others, and led…

    1987–1994 View Details →
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    GRiD Systems Corp.

    Grid Systems Corporation (stylized as GRiD) was an early portable computer manufacturer, based in the United States and oriented for the production of rugged and semi-rugged machines. Currently, the Grid…

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    Handspring, Inc.

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    Hewlett-Packard

    The Hewlett-Packard Company (commonly referred to as HP, and stylized as hp) or Hewlett-Packard was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. It developed and provided…

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    Horizon House Publications, Inc.

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    IDG Books Worldwide, Inc.

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    Ink Development Corp.

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    John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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    Lachman Technology

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    Lexicus Corp.

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    Macmillan Digital Publishing USA

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    Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.

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    Metrowerks Co. Ltd.