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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
245
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 245 in the permanent collection.
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Volksware, Inc. 1997
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 7 Number 3 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – March, 1997 – Volume 7, Number 3
Volksware, Inc. 1993
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 3, Number 6 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – December, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 6
Volksware, Inc. 1996
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 6, Number 5 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – May, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 5
3Com Corporation 1997

3Com PalmPilot Modem
Volksware, Inc. 1994
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 1 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – January, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 1
Creative Digital, Inc. 1996

PDA Developers – Volume 4.2 – March/April 1996
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! software corp. - InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Application Example (Page 1)

aha! software corp. – InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Application Examples
EO, Incorporated 1992

EO Incorporated – Lookup Guide: To the EO Personal Communicator
Pen Computing Magazine 1994

Pen Computing Magazine, August 1994 – Premier Issue
GO Corporation 1992

GO Corporation Correspondence – Quick Start Program (April 2, 1992)
Palmtop Publications 2001
Palmtop Journal – Issue 37 (Cover)

Palmtop – Issue 37
Creative Digital, Inc. 1996

PDA Developers – Volume 4.6 – Nov/Dec 1996
Volksware, Inc. 1995
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 3 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – March, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 3
Volksware, Inc. 1997
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 7 Number 6 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – July-August, 1997 – Volume 7, Number 6
Creative Digital, Inc. 1995

PDA Developers East ’95 Conference Details (Pamphlet)
Pen Computing Magazine 1999

Pen Computing Magazine – October 1999
GeoWorks Corporation 1992
GeoWorks, Inc. - GEOS Software Development Kit Routines, Release 0.8 (Cover)

GeoWorks, Inc. – GEOS Software Development Kit Routines, Release 0.8 (Documentation)
Stylus Publishing 1991
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 1, Number 6 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – November 11, 1991 – Volume 1, Number 6

A chronology.

1987 — 2007 Selected from the museum's 2001 catalogued timeline events.
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1989Organization
GRiD Systems Announces Alan Lefkof Named President
Lefkof succeeds Samuel J. Wiegand, who announced recently that he will take a long-planned retirement at the end of the year. Wiegand…
1990Software
GRiD Systems Introduces European Character Set Handwriting Recognition Software
GRiD Systems Corp. introduces European character set handwriting recognition software for the GRiDPAD line of pen interface handheld computers.
1994Service
Spectrum Information Technologies Names New Board Members: Peter Caserta to Leave Company
Spectrum Information Technologies, Inc., a pioneer in cellular data communications, developed the first commercially successful cellular modem, and has a portfolio of…
1998Software
PlanetAll Partners With Puma Technology to Synchronize Web-Based Contact Management Service With Leading Mobile Devices and Desktop Applications
Alliance extends personal information mobility to cyberspace.
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.
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 245 artifacts Indexed by category from the collection.
    IN

    InkWriter

    5 items →
    GE

    GEOS

    7 items →
    MC

    Mobile Computing

    1 item →
    PI

    Pilot

    1 item →
    BR

    Brochure

    12 items →
    VO

    Volksware

    59 items →
    RE

    Rolodex Electronics

    1 item →
    DR

    Draft

    1 item →
    FT

    France Telecom

    3 items →
    UD

    User Documentation

    12 items →
    TI

    Texas Instruments

    1 item →
    LE

    Letter

    5 items →
    ZO

    Zoomer

    2 items →
    SE

    Service

    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 – June, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 5

    Volume 4 · Issue 05 Pen-Based Computing – June, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 5

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – June, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 3

    Volume 3 · Issue 03 Pen-Based Computing – June, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 3

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

    Volume 2 · Issue 02 Pen-Based Computing – May, 1992 – Volume 2, Number 2

    16 pp
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