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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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Palmtop Publications 2000
Palmtop Journal – Issue 27 (Cover)

Palmtop – Issue 27
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! software corp. - InkWriter 2.0 Windows Fact Sheet

aha! software corp. – InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Fact Sheet
AllPen Software, Inc.
AllPen Software Inc. -Company Brochure (Cover)

AllPen Software, Inc. – Company Brochure
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! software corp. - InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Brochure (Front)

aha! software corporation – InkWriter 2.0 for Windows (Brochure)
Fujitsu Personal Systems, Inc. 1992

Fujitsu PoqetPad Read Me First!
Casio, Inc. 1998

Casio Cassiopeia A-20 8MB (Brochure)
Volksware, Inc. 1995
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 6 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – June, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 6
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! InkWriter for Windows 2.0 Quick Reference (Cover)

aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Quick Reference
GO Corporation 1993

GO Corporation PenPointers August 1993 (Newsletter)
EO, Incorporated 1993
EO, Inc. - Pen Expo Attendee Letter (August 26, 1993)

EO, Inc. – Pen Expo Attendee Letter (August 26, 1993)
Palmtop Publications 1998
Palmtop Journal – Issue 20 (Cover)

Palmtop Journal – Issue 20
Palmtop Publications 2001
Palmtop Journal – Issue 37 (Cover)

Palmtop – Issue 37
Young Ideas Software Design Services 1993

Young Ideas The Rogue PenApps Workbook (Document)
aha! software corporation 1993

aha! InkWriter (Maquette)
Hewlett-Packard 2000

HP Jornada 720 Handheld PC User’s Guide
Creative Digital, Inc. 1994

PIE Developers – Volume 2.1 – January, 1994
Metrowerks, Inc. 1997
Metrowerks, Inc. - CodeWarrior for PalmPilot Brochure

Metrowerks, Inc. – Metrowerks CodeWarrior for PalmPilot (Brochure)
Eidetic, Inc. 1994
Eidetic, Inc. Notion: The Newton List Manager User Manual

Notion: The Newton List Manager User Manual

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
Software Companies Writing Programs for GRiDPad
GRiD Systems Corp. announces that numerous software vendors are building applications for the handwriting and electronic pen interface capabilities of GRiDPad, its…
1991Software
Nestor Announces NestorWriter for PenPoint
Nestor, Inc announced the development of a version of Nestor’s handwriting recognition technology, NestorWriter, for GO’s PenPoint operating system.
2000Organization
Center for Innovative Learning Technologies and Palm Computing Honor Winners of Educational Software Contest via Live Webcast
SRI International, The Concord Consortium, Palm Computing, Handspring, Learnlots, and Puma Technology host award ceremony at the San Francisco Exploratorium for winners…
2001Communications
invivodata Leads Way in Clinical Trial Technology With Wireless Patient Diary System
invivosystem 4.2 enables wireless, real-time access to electronic diary data via handheld devices.
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…
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 249 artifacts Indexed by category from the collection.
    ZO

    Zoomer

    2 items →
    KE

    Keyboard

    1 item →
    HA

    Handspring

    2 items →
    YI

    Young Ideas

    3 items →
    JA

    Japan

    1 item →
    CO

    3Com

    4 items →
    LE

    Letter

    5 items →
    BR

    Brochure

    12 items →
    TC

    Thaddeus Computing

    2 items →
    DA

    Dauphin

    2 items →
    PM

    Palmtop Magazine

    14 items →
    EI

    EO Incorporated

    21 items →
    FR

    Franklin

    2 items →
    VO

    Volksware

    63 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 – April, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 3

    Volume 4 · Issue 03 Pen-Based Computing – April, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 3

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – November, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 11

    Volume 6 · Issue 11 Pen-Based Computing – November, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 11

    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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