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GO Corporation – Installing PenPoint Demo Release, Beta Phase 2

A 15-page, single-sided, laser-printed document presenting three scenarios for installing the PenPoint demo release (PenPoint Beta Phase 2).

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Artifact Details

Organization

GO Corporation

Place Manufactured

United States

Language

English

Description

A 15-page, single-sided, laser-printed document, stapled in the top-left corner.

Contents

The scenarios include:

  • Scenario #1: Installing PenPoint Demo Release, Beta Phase 2 (3 pages)
  • Scenario #2: Installing "PenPoint with DOS Demo Release" on a 3125 w/floppy (4 pages)
  • Scenario #3: Installing "PenPoint with DOS Demo Release" via LapLink (8 pages)
Size

8.5" x 11" (15 pages)

Condition
Like New
Acquired

1993

Acquisition Source

Acquired from developer

Catalogued

2018-05-15

People

No people information available.

Associated Products

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Editorial

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Oral History

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Media

GO Corporation – Introducing PenPoint (1991)

GO Corporation used this video to promote the developer release of the PenPoint OS in 1991. PenPoint was one of the first operating systems designed specifically to run on mobile devices. Featuring: Dr. Norm Vincent (State Farm), Terry Conner (EDS), Phillipe Kahn (Borland), Jack Blount (Novell), David Reed (Lotus), Alan Lefkof (Grid), Vern Raburn (Slate), Dan Bricklin (Slate), and Jim Cannavino (IBM).

PenPoint Demonstration 1991

GO Corporation’s 1991 promotional video about their pen-based operating system, aimed at software developers. Includes an extensive demo by Robert Carr, architect of the operating system, where he shows the notebook metaphor, their use of gestures, the embedded document architecture, and more.