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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
247
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 247 in the permanent collection.
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Creative Digital, Inc. 1995

Pen Computing Magazine – June/July 1995
GeoWorks Corporation 1992
GeoWorks, Inc. - GEOS Software Development Kit Swat, Release 0.8 (Cover)

GeoWorks, Inc. – GEOS Software Development Kit Swat, Release 0.8 (Documentation)
Pen Computing Magazine 1999

Pen Computing Magazine – September 1999
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)
Stylus Publishing 1992
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 2, Number 2 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – May, 1992 – Volume 2, Number 2
Volksware, Inc. 1995
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 5, Number 1 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – January, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 1
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)
Metrowerks, Inc. 1997
Metrowerks, Inc. - Metrowerks Fall 1997 Press Kit (Cover)

Metrowerks, Inc. – Metrowerks Fall 1997 Press Kit
Stylus Publishing 1992
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 2, Number 1 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – February, 1992 – Volume 2, Number 1
Stylus Publishing 1991
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 1, Number 1 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – January 22, 1991 – Volume 1, Number 1
AP Professional 1997

Programming for the Newton Using Windows (Book)
Stylus Publishing 1993
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 3, Number 3 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – June, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 3
Palmtop Publications 2001
Palmtop Journal – Issue 37 (Cover)

Palmtop – Issue 37
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! InkWriter 2.0 Windows Yellow Maquette (Front)

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

GO Corporation – PenPoint Application Writing Guide
Creative Digital, Inc. 1996

PDA Developers – Volume 4.1 – Jan/Feb 1996
Volksware, Inc. 1994
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 8 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – September/October, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 8
Metrowerks, Inc. 1997
Metrowerks, Inc. - Jim Welch Business Card (Front)

Metrowerks, Inc. – Jim Welch Business Card

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.
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.
1991Organization
SRI International Increases its Investment in Communication Intelligence Corp.
Communication Intelligence Corp. announces that it has reached an agreement with SRI International for a private placement of 23,973 shares of the…
1992Communications
EO Selects Sitka’s Mobile Networking Solution for New Line of Personal Communicators
Sitka Corp. and EO Inc. announces a licensing agreement that will enable the world’s first “personal communicators” to transparently share resources and…
1994Service
RadioMail is First Wireless Messaging Product to Earn IBM “ThinkPad Proven” Emblem
The RadioMail Remote for DOS package consists of a radio frequency (RF) modem with connector to the IBM ThinkPad family of portable…
1996Software
General Magic Announces Mobile Internet Access Solutions
Web browser, Internet e-mail, and open standards connectivity for Sony's Magic Link and Envoy communicator from Motorola designed to provide handheld, economical…
2002Software
Sony Ericsson to Deliver Tools and Services to Wireless Developers with Metrowerks
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications is working together with Ericsson Mobility World and Metrowerks to support developers creating applications and content for Sony…

The collection.

Browse 247 artifacts Indexed by category from the collection.
    JS

    John Wiley & Sons

    3 items →
    WP

    Word Processor

    11 items →
    EM

    Ex Machina

    2 items →
    UN

    University

    1 item →
    PA

    Palmtop

    1 item →
    BO

    Book

    13 items →
    FS

    First Pen Systems

    1 item →
    MR

    Microprocessor Report

    3 items →
    TA

    Tablet

    2 items →
    VO

    Volksware

    61 items →
    LE

    Letter

    5 items →
    HR

    Handwriting Recognition

    7 items →
    IA

    Integrated Application

    1 item →
    RE

    Rolodex Electronics

    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 – March, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 3

    Volume 5 · Issue 03 Pen-Based Computing – March, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 3

    16 pp
    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, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 11

    Volume 5 · Issue 11 Pen-Based Computing – November, 1995 – Volume 5, Number 11

    16 pp
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