Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cwjcc!ukma!gatech!gitpyr!davism From: davism@pyr.gatech.EDU (Martin H. Davis, Jr.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith.z100 Subject: Re: SEXTANT still around??... Summary: Sextant's demise and Compuserve discussion. Message-ID: <8780@pyr.gatech.EDU> Date: 18 Jul 89 23:16:22 GMT References: <2848@blake.acs.washington.edu> Distribution: na Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 16 In article , dave@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Dave Goldblatt) writes: > Sextant folded. There simply wasn't enough advertising to support it; > in fact, Charlie Floto was losing money on most of the last few > issues. He's trying to work out a way for another magazine to pick up > the remaining issues on people's subscriptions. More details can be > had on Compu$erve -- he posted a long message or two there about what > happened. Could someone please post the discussion that apparently appeared on Compu- serve concerning Sextant's demise? I would like to know the publisher's explanation since I recently made a lengthy renewal and consider myself as having been taken. His explanation may prevent me from filing a com- plaint with the Postal Service (which could have as a consequence his not being able to do business in like manner again). --Martin Davis