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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
249
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 249 in the permanent collection.
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Microsoft Corporation 1992
GRiD Microsoft Windows for Pen Computing 1.0 User’s Guide (Cover)

GRiD Microsoft Windows for Pen Computing 1.0 User’s Guide
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1993

The AT&T EO Travel Companion (Book)
Palmtop Publications 2001
Palmtop Journal – Issue 35 (Cover)

Palmtop – Issue 35
Palm, Inc. 2000

Palm Portable Keyboard (V Series)
Volksware, Inc. 1995
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 7 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – July, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 7
WPDO 1993
WPDO Meeting Improvement Questionnaire (February 11, 1993)

WPDO Meeting Improvement Questionnaire (February 11, 1993)
GO Corporation 1992

GO Corporation PenPointers November 1992 (Newsletter)
WPDO 1993
Worldwide PenPoint Developers Organization - Available Videotapes - July 8, 1993 (Page 1)

Worldwide PenPoint Developers Organization – Available Videotapes (July 8, 1993)
Creative Digital, Inc. 1997
Creative Digital - The Handheld Computer Almanac (Cover)

The Handheld Computer Almanac
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)
Palm Computing, Inc. 1997
PalmPilot Professional Edition Pre-Release B37 Confidential CD (with case)

PalmPilot Professional Edition Pre-Release B37 Confidential CD
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! software corporation - Gregory Stikeleather Business Card (English)

aha! software corporation – Gregory Stikeleather Business Card
WPDO 1993

Worldwide PenPoint Developers Organization (WPDO) Flyer – 1993
Creative Digital, Inc. 1995

Creative Digital Systems – PDA Developers East ’95 (Press Release)
WPDO 1993

WPDO News – Volume 2, Number 3, May 1993
Creative Digital, Inc. 1993

PIE Developers – Volume 1.15 – November, 1993
Volksware, Inc. 1994
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 2 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – February/March, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 2
Apple Computer, Inc. 1997

Apple Newton Connection Utilities User’s Manual (for the Macintosh Operating System)

A chronology.

1987 — 2007 Selected from the museum's 2001 catalogued timeline events.
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1987Software
Communication Intelligence Corp. Lists on the Vancouver Stock Exchange
Communication Intelligence Corp. were posted and called for trading on the Vancouver Stock Exchange this morning, at the opening.
1992Hardware
AT&T to Market Personal Communicator in Partnership with EO, Inc.
AT&T announces that the world’s first personal communicator will be available to the public in AT&T Phone Centers in early 1993.
1995Publication
Apple MessagePad Awarded Best Hand-Held Product of the Year
The BYTE award and the March Computer Currents Award for the best Hand-Held/Personal Digital Assistant are ringing endorsements of Apple's PDA product…
1997Software
Metrowerks to Add Support for Windows CE to CodeWarrior for NEC Embedded Systems
Metrowerks will provide support for the development of Windows CE applications running on the NEC VR-Series embedded processors.
1999Communications
3Com Supplies Critical Wireless Technology for New Sprint Wireless Web Service
3Com's CDMA InterWorking Function (IWF) is the only circuit-switched wireless data access gateway solution for Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) networks such…
2000Software
CIC Partners With BioNetrix to Expand Its Electronic Signature Offering
CIC's Dynamic Signature Verification solutions to support the BioSEC Open Platform Framework.
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 249 artifacts Indexed by category from the collection.
    MC

    Magic Cap

    2 items →
    RE

    Rolodex Electronics

    1 item →
    GM

    General Magic

    18 items →
    BC

    Business Card

    2 items →
    SE

    Service

    1 item →
    ZO

    Zoomer

    2 items →
    YI

    Young Ideas

    3 items →
    PE

    PenFact

    1 item →
    KE

    Keyboard

    1 item →
    AR

    ARDIS

    1 item →
    EI

    EO Incorporated

    21 items →
    HO

    Hobbit

    2 items →
    OF

    Order Form

    2 items →
    TA

    Tablet

    2 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 – February, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 1

    Volume 3 · Issue 01 Pen-Based Computing – February, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 1

    16 pp
    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 – March, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 3

    Volume 6 · Issue 03 Pen-Based Computing – March, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 3

    16 pp
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