Artifact Details
Publisher: GO CorporationPlace Manufactured: United States
Language: English
Part Number: 015-00056
Date: 1992
Description: Color, printed, saddle-stitched document.
Size: 8.5" x 11" (4 pages)
Condition: New
GO Corporation – GO Fax Brochure
This is the original brochure for the GO Fax application (included with the PenPoint operating system). This brochure was packaged as part of the GO Corp. Media Kit.
Note how the company’s new phone number is stamped on the back cover.
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Place Manufactured: United States
Language: English
Part Number: 015-00056
Date: 1992
Description: Color, printed, saddle-stitched document.
Size: 8.5" x 11" (4 pages)
Condition: New
About the Company
GO Corporation was founded in 1987 to create portable computers, an operating system, and software with a pen-based user interface. It was famous not only for its pioneering work in pen-based computing, but also for being one of the most well-funded start-up companies of its time.
Its founders were Jerry Kaplan, Robert Carr, and Kevin Doren. Mr. Kaplan subsequently chronicled the history of the company in his book Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure.
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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.
