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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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PenMagic Software Inc. 1993
PenMagic Numero 2.0 Product Fact Sheet (Front)

PenMagic Numero 2.0 (Product Fact Sheet)
Psion, Inc. 1996

PSION Press Package (November 18, 1996)
PenWorld, Incorporated 1994
Personal Electronics News - Issue 17 - May/June 1994 (Cover)

Personal Electronics News, Issue 17, May/June 1994
Apple Computer, Inc. 1997

Apple Newton Connection Utilities User’s Manual (for the Macintosh Operating System)
Macmillan Digital Publishing USA 1997
Business Plus Pack for PalmPilot (Front)

MacMillan Business Plus Pack for PalmPilot
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
Metrowerks, Inc. 1997
Metrowerks, Inc. - CodeWarrior for Windows CE Brochure (Front)

Metrowerks, Inc. – Metrowerks CodeWarrior for Windows CE (Brochure)
GO Corporation 1993

GO Corporation PenPointers August 1993 (Newsletter)
Creative Digital, Inc. 1994

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

GO Corporation – Getting Started with PenPoint (Version 1.0)
Olivetti Office USA, Inc. 1998

Royal daVinci Palm-Size PDA DV1
EO, Incorporated 1992

EO Incorporated – The World of Messaging: An Introduction to Personal Communication
EO, Incorporated 1993
EO, Inc. - Personal Communicator 440 Order Form Letter (John Jerney)

EO, Inc. – Personal Communicator 440 Letter and Order Form (John Jerney)
aha! software corporation 1994
aha! software corporation - Corporate Fact Sheet

aha! software corp. – Corporate Fact Sheet
Creative Digital, Inc. 1996

PDA Developers – Volume 4.1 – Jan/Feb 1996
Palmtop Publications 1999
Palmtop Journal – Issue 25 (Cover)

Palmtop – Issue 25
Stylus Publishing 1991
Pen-Based Computing: Volume 1, Number 5 (Cover)

Pen-Based Computing – November, 1991 – Volume 1, Number 5
Metrowerks, Inc. 1997

Metrowerks CodeWarrior for PalmPilot Release 3 (Package)

A chronology.

1987 — 2007 Selected from the museum's 2001 catalogued timeline events.
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1991Hardware
Gillette Co. Invests in Pen-Based Computers; Purchases GRiDPADs from GRiD Systems
The Gillette Co., a $4 billion international consumer products corporation, announces it is planning to make a major commitment to pen-based computing…
1993Hardware
Kurta Introduces New High-Performance Video Tablet for Pen-Based Systems
Kurta Corp. introduces the new VTS-5 Video Tablet System, a high-performance pen input peripheral designed to provide creative, user-oriented solutions for pen-based…
1994Hardware
Psion Wins Royal Tribute for Series 3 Palmtop
Psion Plc receives the United Kingdom's premier hi-tech accolade, The Queen's Award for Technology for the development of its Series 3 palmtop…
1996Software
Metrowerks Launches New CodeWarrior 10 at Apple Expo Paris
CodeWarrior Gold provides support for software development in four different programming languages, for five different operating systems, and four different microprocessors, all…
2001Communications
Novatel Wireless Names Senior Executive of Palm, Inc. to Board of Directors
Novatel Wireless, Inc. announces the addition of Peng Lim, Vice President of Worldwide Product Development of Palm, Inc., to the Company's Board…
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.
2005Hardware
Palm Names Michael R. Farese and Rena Lane as Senior Vice Presidents
Palm, Inc. announces the appointments of Michael R. "Mike" Farese, senior vice president, engineering, and Rena Lane, senior vice president, human resources.

The collection.

Browse 249 artifacts Indexed by category from the collection.
    SP

    Stylus Publishing

    19 items →
    MJ

    Microwave Journal

    1 item →
    YI

    Young Ideas

    3 items →
    AP

    AP Professional

    1 item →
    IB

    IBM

    1 item →
    NE

    Newsletter

    11 items →
    BC

    Business Card

    2 items →
    VO

    Volksware

    63 items →
    TD

    Technical Document

    14 items →
    EI

    EO Incorporated

    21 items →
    LE

    Letter

    5 items →
    CM

    Communications

    2 items →
    WC

    Windows for Pen Computing

    5 items →
    GE

    GEOS

    7 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 – August/September, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 4

    Volume 3 · Issue 04 Pen-Based Computing – August/September, 1993 – Volume 3, Number 4

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – August, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 7

    Volume 4 · Issue 07 Pen-Based Computing – August, 1994 – Volume 4, Number 7

    16 pp
    Pen-Based Computing – September, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 9

    Volume 6 · Issue 09 Pen-Based Computing – September, 1996 – Volume 6, Number 9

    16 pp
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