GO Corporation PenPoint Quick Reference

This is the original quick reference document included with the PenPoint operating system.

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Artifact Details

Organization

GO Corporation

Place Manufactured

United States

Language

English

Date

1992

Description

Color card stock, saddle-stitched document.

Contents

Pages:

Gestures
Using the Notebook
Creating & Using Documents
Writing in the Notebook
Working with Documents
Utilities & Printing
Using MiniNote
MiniNote Gestures

Size

8.5" x 11" (8 pages)

Condition

New

Part Number

045-00205

Catalog Number

4ce00a05aaa6887e

Lot Number

DOC-PP-0000

Acquired

1992

Acquisition Source

Acquired from developer

Catalogued

2018-07-13

About the Organization

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.

(Source: Wikipedia)

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Editorial

This is the original quick reference document included with the PenPoint operating system.

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.