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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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PennWell Corporation 1999
Portable Design Magazine – November 1999 (Cover)

Portable Design – November 1999
Pen Computing Magazine 1998
Pen Computing Magazine – April 1998 (Cover)

Pen Computing Magazine – April 1998
Stylus Publishing 1992
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 2, Number 5 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – December, 1992 – Volume 2, Number 5
GO Corporation 1993

GO Corporation PenPointers August 1993 (Newsletter)
Volksware, Inc. 1994
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 10 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – December, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 10
Volksware, Inc. 1994
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 1 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – January, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 1
General Magic, Inc. 1996
General Magic Visitor's Badge (John Jerney, 10/25/96)

General Magic Visitor’s Badge (John Jerney, 10/25/1996)
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows (Maquette with Pasted Image)

aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows (Pasted Maquette)
PenMagic Software Inc. 1993
PenMagic Numero 2.0 Product Fact Sheet (Front)

PenMagic Numero 2.0 (Product Fact Sheet)
Volksware, Inc. 1997
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 7 Number 7 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – September/October, 1997 – Volume 7, Number 7
Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. 2001

Rolodex Electronics Personal Digital Assistant RF-8110
Stylus Publishing 1991
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 1, Number 5 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – November, 1991 – Volume 1, Number 5
GO Corporation 1992

GO Corporation – Getting Started with PenPoint (Version 1.0)
Palm, Inc. 2000

Palm Portable Keyboard (V Series)
GeoWorks Corporation 1992
GeoWorks, Inc. - GEOS Software Development Kit Concepts - Volume 1, Release 0.8 (Cover)

GeoWorks, Inc. – GEOS Software Development Kit Concepts, Volume 1, Release 0.8 (Documentation)
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company 1991
The Power of PenPoint (Cover)

The Power of PenPoint (Book)
Palmtop Publications 2001
Palmtop Journal – Issue 37 (Cover)

Palmtop – Issue 37
General Magic, Inc. 1994

Sony Magic Link PIC-1000 Personal Intelligent Communicator

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…
1994Software
Education Research Laboratories, Inc. Announces Agreement with Apple Computers
Fort Worth-based Education Research Laboratories, Inc. announces the development and distribution of ERLI's medical reference series, developed specifically for Apple's Newton technology.
1995Communications
3Com Combines Fastest Modem with Industry’s Leading Network Interface Card Technology
3Com Corporation announced the most powerful PC Card combining the fastest modem standard with industry proven network interface card technology.
2000Communications
Sierra Wireless’ AirCard Wins Top Honors at Mobile Insights
Sierra Wireless' AirCard utilizes the Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) network.
2001Software
Motorola and Webhelp Deliver Access to the Entire Web via Media-Rich Messages Sent to Palm OS Handheld Devices
Motorola, a global leader in integrated communications solutions, has teamed up with Webhelp, a developer of technology and service offerings for online…
2003Event
Sybase Big Apple Classic Golf Tournament Hits the Links in New York
Sybase subsidiary iAnywhere Solutions and Intel host Wi-Fi hot spots in the grandstands and clubhouse, enabling visitors to access up-to-the-second tournament statistics…
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.

The collection.

Browse 249 artifacts Indexed by category from the collection.
    ZO

    Zoomer

    2 items →
    EM

    Ex Machina

    2 items →
    RM

    Regis McKenna

    2 items →
    CD

    CD

    2 items →
    SO

    Sony

    2 items →
    IW

    IDG Books Worldwide

    1 item →
    NB

    Nicholas Baran

    52 items →
    CO

    3Com

    4 items →
    DO

    Document

    39 items →
    OU

    Olivetti Office USA

    1 item →
    VB

    Visitor's Badge

    1 item →
    LE

    Lexicus

    4 items →
    KE

    Keyboard

    1 item →
    JA

    Japan

    1 item →

    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, 1997 – Volume 7, Number 2

    Volume 7 · Issue 02 Pen-Based Computing – February, 1997 – Volume 7, Number 2

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – January, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 1

    Volume 5 · Issue 01 Pen-Based Computing – January, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 1

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – December, 1992 – Volume 2, Number 5

    Volume 2 · Issue 05 Pen-Based Computing – December, 1992 – Volume 2, Number 5

    16 pp
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