Pen-Based Computing History Museum
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Give to
the collection.

Hardware, software, marketing material, photographs, and oral histories — anything that helps document the pen-based computing era is welcome. The museum catalogues, digitizes, and credits every contribution.

Catalogued so far
142 artifacts
Collection focus
1987 — 2007
Acceptance
By prior arrangement
Start with
An email

What we
collect.

Pen-based computing, broadly defined From the GO Corp. era through the late tablet PCs — hardware, software, paperwork, and the people who made it.

Hardware

Tablets, slates, styluses, digitizers, prototypes.

Working or not. Original packaging, manuals, power supplies, and accessories all add provenance and are catalogued separately.

Software

Floppies, CDs, ROMs, install media, source code.

PenPoint, Windows for Pen Computing, Newton OS, GO PenPoint apps, third-party utilities — anything that ran on a stylus-driven machine.

Print & ephemera

Magazines, brochures, conference programs, ads.

Trade press, datasheets, internal memos, business cards, T-shirts. Anything that captures how the industry talked about itself at the time.

Photos & oral histories

Stories from the people who built it.

Engineering snapshots, team photos, recorded interviews, written recollections. We can record an interview remotely if that helps.

How it
works.

Three steps, no surprises We confirm what we can use before you ship anything.

01

Get in touch

Email john@jerney.com with a short list of what you have. Photos help, but a plain text inventory is fine.

02

We confirm scope

Within a few days we'll tell you what fits the collection, what duplicates existing holdings, and what to keep with you. We never accept anything we can't properly accession.

03

Ship or drop off

We share a shipping address and packing tips, or arrange a local pickup in the Bay Area. Each item is photographed, catalogued, and credited to the donor unless you ask to remain anonymous.

Pen-Based Computing History Museum is an independent online archive, not a registered nonprofit, so donations aren't tax-deductible. If that matters for your contribution, mention it in your first email and we'll talk through alternatives.