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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
239
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 239 in the permanent collection.
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Creative Digital, Inc. 1997
Creative Digital - The Handheld Computer Almanac (Cover)

The Handheld Computer Almanac
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! software corporation - Gregory Stikeleather Business Card (English)

aha! software corporation – Gregory Stikeleather Business Card
Pen Computing Magazine 1999

Pen Computing Magazine – September 1999
Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. 2001

Rolodex Electronics Personal Digital Assistant RF-8110
Creative Digital, Inc. 1995

Creative Digital Systems – PDA Developers East ’95 (Press Release)
Creative Digital, Inc. 1994

PIE Developers – Volume 2.1 – January, 1994
Texas Microsystems, Inc. 1995
Texas Micro – The Soldier’s Computer (Brochure)

Texas Micro – The Soldier’s Computer (Brochure)
Palmtop Publications 2001
Palmtop Journal – Issue 33 (Cover)

Palmtop – Issue 33
Volksware, Inc. 1995
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 2 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – February, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 2
Olivetti Office USA, Inc. 1998

Royal daVinci Palm-Size PDA DV1
Metrowerks, Inc. 1997
Metrowerks, Inc. - Metrowerks to Support Windows CE 2.0 Press Release (Side 1)

Metrowerks, Inc. – Metrowerks to Support Windows CE 2.0 (Press Release)
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! software corp. - InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Brochure (Front)

aha! software corporation – InkWriter 2.0 for Windows (Brochure)
Creative Digital, Inc. 1994

PIE Developers – Volume 2.3 – May, 1994
Stylus Publishing 1993
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 3, Number 3 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – June, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 3
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! InkWriter for Windows 2.0 Quick Reference (Cover)

aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Quick Reference
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company 1991
The Power of PenPoint (Cover)

The Power of PenPoint (Book)
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1993

The AT&T EO Travel Companion (Book)
Volksware, Inc. 1995
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 9 (Cover)

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

A chronology.

1987 — 2007 Selected from the museum's 2001 catalogued timeline events.
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1987Software
New Handwriter by Communication Intelligence Allows Computer Input Without Typing
Called the Handwriter, the new system opens the world of computing to persons who can't or won't type. Users need not to…
1991Hardware
Gillette Co. Invests in Pen-Based Computers; Purchases GRiDPADs from GRiD Systems
The Gillette Co., a $4 billion international consumer products corporation, announces it is planning to make a major commitment to pen-based computing…
1994Software
Revolutionary Product Delivers New Solution for Handwriting Input with Mobile Computers
aha! software announces the release and shipment of aha! InkWriter for Windows, the only word processor for your handwriting.
1998Software
Puma Technology to Ship Next Generation Intellisync Software for Palm Computing Platform Products
Robust new capabilities include enhanced Microsoft Outlook 97/98 features and performance, e-mail synchronization, and Lotus Notes support.
2000Organization
Metrowerks Opens Software Development Lab in India; Noida, India, Site Focuses on Software Development Technology
Continuing its rapid growth and geographic expansion since being acquired by Motorola a year ago, Metrowerks has opened a new development lab…
2006Software
Hypercom and Communications Intelligence Corp. Team to Combat Fraud and Identity Theft
Under the terms of the agreement, CIC will license its complete SignatureOne suite of biometric and electronic signature products to Hypercom.
2007Hardware
Apple Reinvents the Phone With iPhone
Apple introduces iPhone, combining three products-a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with…

The collection.

Browse 239 artifacts Indexed by category from the collection.
    CG

    CurtCo Freedom Group

    1 item →
    GM

    General Magic

    18 items →
    KE

    Keyboard

    1 item →
    DE

    Development

    13 items →
    IN

    Intel 80386

    2 items →
    BR

    Brochure

    12 items →
    UD

    User Documentation

    12 items →
    SP

    Stylus Publishing

    19 items →
    AS

    Ashton-Tate

    2 items →
    VB

    Visitor's Badge

    1 item →
    FS

    First Pen Systems

    1 item →
    HA

    Handspring

    2 items →
    RE

    Rolodex Electronics

    1 item →
    LE

    Letter

    5 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 – January 22, 1991 – Volume 1, Number 1

    Volume 1 · Issue 01 Pen-Based Computing – January 22, 1991 – Volume 1, Number 1

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – August, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 8

    Volume 6 · Issue 08 Pen-Based Computing – August, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 8

    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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