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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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GeoWorks Corporation 1992
GeoWorks, Inc. - GEOS Software Development Kit Objects - Volume 3, Release 0.8 (Cover)

GeoWorks, Inc. – GEOS Software Development Kit Objects, Volume 3, Release 0.8 (Documentation)
Horizon House Publications, Inc. 1994
Microwave Journal – January 1994 (Cover)

Microwave Journal – January 1994
Palmtop Publications 2000
Palmtop Journal – Issue 30 (Cover)

Palmtop – Issue 30
ParaGraph International, Inc. 1995

Paragraph International FreeStyle (Newton)
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows (Maquette with Pasted Image)

aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows (Pasted Maquette)
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company 1992
GO Corporation - PenPoint Application Writing Guide (Cover)

GO Corporation – PenPoint Application Writing Guide
Creative Digital, Inc. 1995

Creative Digital Systems – PDA Developers East ’95 (Press Release)
Stylus Publishing 1993
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 3, Number 2 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – April, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 2
GO Corporation 1993

GO Corporation PenPointers April 1993 (Newsletter)
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)
Texas Microsystems, Inc. 1995
Texas Micro – The Soldier’s Computer (Brochure)

Texas Micro – The Soldier’s Computer (Brochure)
Volksware, Inc. 1994
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 1 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – January, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 1
Palmtop Publications 1997
Palmtop Journal - Issue 12 (Cover)

Palmtop – Issue 12
EO, Incorporated 1993
EO, Inc. - Personal Communicator 440/880 Brochure - Photocopy (Front)

EO, Inc. – Personal Communicator 440/880 Brochure (Photocopy)
aha! software corporation 1993
aha! InkWriter at a Glance Quick Reference Guide (Cover)

aha! InkWriter at a Glance Quick Reference Guide
Volksware, Inc. 1996
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 6, Number 6 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – June, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 6
Creative Digital, Inc. 1994

PIE Developers – Volume 2.2 – March, 1994
GO Corporation 1992

GO Corporation PenPoint Developer Programs – SDK 1.0 Beta Phase 2 (Open Me First) Package

A chronology.

1987 — 2007 Selected from the museum's 2001 catalogued timeline events.
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1987Hardware
GO Corporation Founded by Jerry Kaplan, Robert Carr, and Kevin Doren
August 14, 1987 — No press release was issued.
1989Hardware
GRiD Introduces PC-Compatible Computer that Recognizes Printed Handwriting
GRiD Systems Corp. introduces GRiDPad, a computer so light it can be held in one hand and used while standing or walking.
1993Organization
Apple Computer, Inc. Reports Record $2.000 Billion First Quarter
Apple plans to introduce Apple's first personal digital assistant (PDA) products at MacWorld in January.
1997Software
Itronix Corporation Licenses Communication Intelligence Corporation’s Handwriting Recognition Software
Communication Intelligence Corporation announces that Itronix Corporation is bundling CIC's Handwriter Recognition System (HRS) with its X-C series compact field PCs.
1998Communications
JP Systems Announces One-Touch Communicator, a Personal Communication Solution Exclusively for the Palm Computing Platform
With the One-Touch Communicator, PalmPilot connected organizers, IBM WorkPad and Palm III connected organizer users can send, receive, store, reply to and…
1999Software
IBM Puts the Enterprise Power of DB2 in the Palm of Your Hands, for Free
IBM announces general availability of DB2 Everywhere, at no charge, with free downloads from the web.
2002Organization
General Magic Announces Receipt of Delisting Notice From Nasdaq Stock Market
General Magic, Inc. announces that it received notice from NASDAQ that, in accordance with Marketplace Rule 4330(a)(3), General Magic's securities will be…

The collection.

Browse 249 artifacts Indexed by category from the collection.
    GE

    GEOS

    7 items →
    CO

    3Com

    4 items →
    CM

    Communications

    2 items →
    UD

    User Documentation

    12 items →
    ML

    Magic Link

    1 item →
    VB

    Visitor's Badge

    1 item →
    FS

    First Pen Systems

    1 item →
    AP

    AP Professional

    1 item →
    NE

    Newsletter

    11 items →
    PP

    Pilot Island Publishing

    1 item →
    LE

    Letter

    5 items →
    OL

    Olivetti

    2 items →
    EM

    Ex Machina

    2 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 – May, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 5

    Volume 6 · Issue 05 Pen-Based Computing – May, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 5

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – June 20, 1991 – Volume 1, Number 3

    Volume 1 · Issue 03 Pen-Based Computing – June 20, 1991 – Volume 1, Number 3

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – October, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 10

    Volume 6 · Issue 10 Pen-Based Computing – October, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 10

    16 pp
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