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GCFeatured Exhibition

GO Corporation
and the Vision of
Pen-Based Computing

GO Corporation's PenPoint, released in 1991, was the first operating system designed from the ground up for pen input rather than keyboard — pioneering gesture commands, embedded handwriting recognition, and a notebook metaphor that would echo through every stylus and touch system that followed.

GO Corporation and the Vision of Pen-Based Computing
Now on view
Permanent collection
Artifacts
Approx. 30,000
Catalogued
246
Timeline span
1987 — 2007
Recorded events
2001 milestones

Exhibitions
now on view.

One Special Exhibition Drawn directly from the museum's collection of artifacts, magazines, and primary documents.
GC Featured Exhibition
Under Construction GO Corporation and the Vision of Pen-Based Computing

GO Corporation and the Vision of Pen-Based Computing

GO Corporation's PenPoint, released in 1991, was the first operating system designed from the ground up for pen input rather than keyboard — pioneering gesture commands, embedded handwriting recognition, and a notebook metaphor that would echo through every stylus and touch system that followed.

Featured artifacts.

From the collection 18 objects selected at random, drawn from 246 in the permanent collection.
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PennWell Corporation 1998
Portable Design Magazine – January 1998 (Cover)

Portable Design – January 1998
GO Corporation 1992

GO Corporation Correspondence – Quick Start Program (April 2, 1992)
Volksware, Inc. 1997
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 7 Number 7 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – September/October, 1997 – Volume 7, Number 7
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! software corporation - Gregory Stikeleather Business Card (English)

aha! software corporation – Gregory Stikeleather Business Card
Volksware, Inc. 1996
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 6, Number 12 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – December, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 12
Creative Digital, Inc. 1995

PDA Developers – Volume 3.4 – July/Aug 1995
Texas Microsystems, Inc. 1995
Texas Micro – The Soldier’s Computer (Brochure)

Texas Micro – The Soldier’s Computer (Brochure)
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! software corp. - InkWriter 2.0 Windows Fact Sheet

aha! software corp. – InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Fact Sheet
Hewlett-Packard 2000

HP Jornada 720 Handheld PC User’s Guide
WPDO 1993

Worldwide PenPoint Developers Organization (WPDO) Flyer – 1993
3Com Corporation 1997

3Com PalmPilot Modem
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1993

The AT&T EO Travel Companion (Book)
GO Corporation 1992
GO Corporation - PenPoint Development Tools (Cover)

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

GO Corporation – PenPoint Application Writing Guide
Palmtop Publications 2000
Palmtop Journal – Issue 29 (Cover)

Palmtop – Issue 29
Volksware, Inc. 1994
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 5 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – June, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 5
Creative Digital, Inc. 1994

PIE Developers – Volume 2.2 – March, 1994
Creative Digital, Inc. 1994

PIE Developers – Volume 2.1 – January, 1994

A chronology.

1987 — 2007 Selected from the museum's 2001 catalogued timeline events.
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1991Hardware
Top Product Design and Engineering Firms Merge to Form IDEO
Three of the world’s top industrial design and engineering firms, responsible for GRiD and GO computers, announce they will merge to create…
1994Software
Lachman Technology to Port General Magic’s Telescript Engine
Telescript is a programming language which allows diverse types of computers and personal communicators to work together.
1996Organization
Communication Intelligence Corporation Second Quarter 1996 Financial Results
Revenues for the quarter ending June 30, 1996 were $ 678,000, as compared to $ 463,000 for the corresponding quarter of the…
1998Organization
Geoworks Reports Second Quarter Results.
For the quarter ended September 30, 1998, Geoworks reports revenues of $1,293,000, net of a one-time charge to revenue of $740,000, or…
1999Communications
TDK Smartcode and TDK Announce GSM Interface for 3Com Palm Series of Connected Organisers
GlobalPulse 1.0 offers integrated GSM connections, phonebook management, and text messaging using award-winning Palm connected organisers.
2004Organization
Survey: Psychiatrists Using Handheld Computers to Improve Quality of Patient Care
Skyscape survey finds key psychiatric reference use on PDAs helps reduce medical errors.
2005Hardware
Palm Names Michael R. Farese and Rena Lane as Senior Vice Presidents
Palm, Inc. announces the appointments of Michael R. "Mike" Farese, senior vice president, engineering, and Rena Lane, senior vice president, human resources.

The collection.

Browse 246 artifacts Indexed by category from the collection.
    UD

    User Documentation

    12 items →
    JJ

    John Jerney

    61 items →
    ST

    Sticker

    1 item →
    AL

    AllPen

    3 items →
    CG

    CurtCo Freedom Group

    1 item →
    NE

    Newton

    14 items →
    ZO

    Zoomer

    2 items →
    KE

    Keyboard

    1 item →
    WO

    Worldwide PenPoint Developers Organization

    11 items →
    VO

    Volksware

    60 items →
    BC

    Business Card

    2 items →
    IA

    Integrated Application

    1 item →
    FT

    France Telecom

    3 items →
    YI

    Young Ideas

    3 items →

    Pen-Based Computing,
    the newsletter.

    Eight volumes · Sixty five issues The original newsletter — every issue digitized in full (soon).
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    Pen-Based Computing – August, 1992 – Volume 2, Number 3

    Volume 2 · Issue 03 Pen-Based Computing – August, 1992 – Volume 2, Number 3

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – January, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 1

    Volume 4 · Issue 01 Pen-Based Computing – January, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 1

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – August/September, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 4

    Volume 3 · Issue 04 Pen-Based Computing – August/September, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 4

    16 pp
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