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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
216
Timeline span
1987 — 2007
Recorded events
1963 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 216 in the permanent collection.
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aha! software corporation 1994
aha! software corporation - InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Press Kit

aha! software corporation – aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Press Kit
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! software corp. - InkWriter 2.0 Windows Fact Sheet

aha! software corp. – InkWriter 2.0 for Windows Fact Sheet
Horizon House Publications, Inc. 1994
Microwave Journal – January 1994 (Cover)

Microwave Journal – January 1994
Creative Digital, Inc. 1997

Handheld Systems – Volume 5.2 – March/April 1997
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! software corporation - InkWriter 2.0 for Windows References

aha! software corporation – aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows References
WPDO 1993
WPDO Meeting Improvement Questionnaire (February 11, 1993)

WPDO Meeting Improvement Questionnaire (February 11, 1993)
Volksware, Inc. 1994
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 4, Number 9 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – November, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 9
Creative Digital, Inc. 1995

PDA Developers – Volume 3.4 – July/Aug 1995
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! software corporation - Corporate Fact Sheet

aha! software corp. – Corporate Fact Sheet
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! InkWriter 2.0 Windows Maquette (Front)

aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows (Maquette)
Hewlett-Packard 2000

HP Jornada 720 Handheld PC User’s Guide
GO Corporation 1992

GO Corporation Certified Developer Letter
ParaGraph International, Inc. 1997
ParaGraph International, Inc. CalliGrapher 5.0 for Windows CE Disk (Front)

ParaGraph International, Inc. – CalliGrapher 5.0 for Windows CE (Disk)
EO, Incorporated 1993
EO Inc - Personal Communicator 440 Order Form Letter (March, 1993)

EO, Inc. – Personal Communicator 440 Letter and Order Form
Pen Computing Magazine 1999

Pen Computing Magazine – October 1999
Watcom International Corporation 1991

WATCOM C Library Reference for PenPoint
ParaGraph International, Inc. 1995

Paragraph International FreeStyle (Newton)
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! InkWriter 2.0 Windows Yellow Maquette (Front)

aha! InkWriter 2.0 for Windows (Yellow Maquette)

A chronology.

1987 — 2007 Selected from the museum's 1963 catalogued timeline events.
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1991Software
GRiD Introduces PenRight!; Announces Intention to License Software Platform
PenRight! is specifically designed to support data collection applications. GRiD also announced that it will license PenRight! to other pen computer hardware…
1995Organization
Newly Founded NTT, AT&T and Sony Joint Venture to use General Magic Technology
General Magic announces that Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT), AT&T, and Sony Corporation, have agreed to form a joint venture company,…
1998Organization
Puma Technology Recognized by the Business Journal as One of the Top Ten Fastest Growing Public Companies in the Silicon Valley
Puma Technology, Inc., the leading provider of advanced synchronization solutions for the handheld device marketplace, is recognized by The Business Journal as…
1999Communications
Palm Computing and Symbian Announce Today Their Intent to Cooperate to Expand the Size of the Global Wireless Market Place
To achieve this goal, Palm and Symbian have agreed to discuss the licensing of each other's technologies.
2000Hardware
Iomega to Market IBM Microdrive Under Iomega Brand in 2001
Iomega will bundle the drive with a Type II plus PC Card adapter and Iomega Quik Sync 2 software to provide a…
2002Software
Metrowerks Ships the First Development Tools for Symbian OS V7.0
CodeWarrior Tools support system software and application development for the next generation of mobile phones based on Symbian OS.
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 216 artifacts Indexed by category from the collection.
    GE

    GeoWorks

    9 items →
    WP

    Word Processor

    11 items →
    ZO

    Zoomer

    2 items →
    JO

    Journal

    28 items →
    MO

    Mac OS

    1 item →
    BR

    Brochure

    12 items →
    YI

    Young Ideas

    3 items →
    RO

    Royal

    1 item →
    KE

    Keyboard

    1 item →
    CG

    CurtCo Freedom Group

    1 item →
    PC

    Palm Computing

    5 items →
    SP

    Stylus Publishing

    18 items →
    IW

    IDG Books Worldwide

    1 item →
    AT

    Avail Technologies

    3 items →

    Pen-Based Computing,
    the newsletter.

    Eight volumes · Sixty five issues The original newsletter — every issue digitized in full (soon).
    Pen-Based Computing – February, 1992 – Volume 2, Number 1

    Volume 2 · Issue 01 Pen-Based Computing – February, 1992 – Volume 2, Number 1

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – October, 1992 – Volume 2, Number 4

    Volume 2 · Issue 04 Pen-Based Computing – October, 1992 – Volume 2, Number 4

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – April, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 2

    Volume 3 · Issue 02 Pen-Based Computing – April, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 2

    16 pp
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