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has anybody seen an issue of Dr. Dobb's lately?  i was a loyal (though
often confused) subscriber, and they just sort of vanished from my mailbox.
i hope that the fine rag which published the GNU Manifesto hasn't succumbed
to terminal magazine shakeoutemia!

lupus

In article <8511120854.AA03029@mitre.ARPA> ajb@MITRE.ARPA (Alan Broder) writes:
>I don't know about BYTE folding, however, Creative Computing is soon to print
>its last issue.

It just did; the December issue is the last, although Ahl et al ( :-))
are looking for a 'white knight' to buy the rights from Ziff-Davis &
start them up again.

Another of the oldies goes belly-up; drat...

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>Another of the oldies goes belly-up; drat...
>
>						Bob Halloran
>						Sr MTS, Perkin-Elmer DSG


     I heard the other day that "Microsystems" has been re-incarnated.
Sol Libes restarted it.  There may be hope for Ahl yet.

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>>I don't know about BYTE folding, however, Creative Computing is soon to print
>>its last issue.
> 
>It just did {CC, that is}; the December issue is the last, although Ahl et al
>are looking for a 'white knight' to buy the rights from Ziff-Davis &
>start them up again.

Yep, ol' Ziff-Davis ought to be pretty proud of their hit-ratio ... lessee:

	Microsystems
	Computers & Electronics (formerly Popular Electronics, and one of the
				 oldest hobbiest/tech magazines in the field)
	Creative-Computing

Anybody know who published "PC Age" ... one of the few technical magazines
for MS/PC-DOS'ish machines a year or two ago?

Granted, the Marketplace has changed over the years, but I suspect that there
are at least as many people interested in technical info now as there were in
(say) 1978 or so ... actually, I'd bet that there are quite a few more.

It couldn't possibly be that these magazines just weren't turning *enough*
profit to satisfy "Corporate", could it?

BTW, Sol & Lennie Libes have resurrected Microsystems (which I believe they
started, before Ziff-Davis got ahold of it), and renamed it Micro/Systems
Journal.  They've just published their 5th issue, and are running it out of
their garage.  It has a very high percentage of TECHNICAL/editorial content,
and deserves to be successful.  If you haven't yet tried it, pick up an
issue ... if you're technically oriented, I think you'll like it.

As an example, their 5th issue included the 1st half of an extensive article
on the NEC V20/V30 chip (pin-compatible, but higher performance replacement
for the 8088/8086 chip), including alot of assembler macros to use the new
opcodes, etc.

Note: I'm not associated with Ziff-Davis (obviously) or Micro/Systems Journal
      in any way, and my opinions are my own ... though the Tooth-Fairy often
      agrees with me.

/kim
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In article <228@mips.UUCP> kim@mips.UUCP (Kim DeVaughn) writes:
>BTW, Sol & Lennie Libes have resurrected Microsystems (which I believe they
>started, before Ziff-Davis got ahold of it), and renamed it Micro/Systems
>Journal.  They've just published their 5th issue, and are running it out of
>their garage.  It has a very high percentage of TECHNICAL/editorial content,
>and deserves to be successful.  If you haven't yet tried it, pick up an
>issue ... if you're technically oriented, I think you'll like it.

Yes, the Libes' DID start S-100 Microsystems; I remember getting my first 
issue at the old Computer Mart of NJ.  If the revived journal is as good 
as the original S-100 Microsystems, then I sincerely wish them every
possible bit of good luck.  

					Bob Halloran
					Sr MTS, CONCURRENT Computer Corp
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In article <364@pedsgd.UUCP> bobh@pedsgd.UUCP (Bob Halloran) writes:
> In article <228@mips.UUCP> kim@mips.UUCP (Kim DeVaughn) writes:
> >BTW, Sol & Lennie Libes have resurrected Microsystems (which I believe they
> >started, before Ziff-Davis got ahold of it), and renamed it Micro/Systems
> >Journal.  They've just published their 5th issue, and are running it out of
> >their garage.  It has a very high percentage of TECHNICAL/editorial content,
> >and deserves to be successful.  If you haven't yet tried it, pick up an
> >issue ... if you're technically oriented, I think you'll like it.
> 
> Yes, the Libes' DID start S-100 Microsystems; I remember getting my first 
> issue at the old Computer Mart of NJ.  If the revived journal is as good 
> as the original S-100 Microsystems, then I sincerely wish them every
> possible bit of good luck.  

I want to correct some information.  The Libes' are not running M/SJ out of
their garage.  They are running it out of their basement.  I should know -
it is impossible to play ping-pong anymore with the production department
doing pasteup on top of it.  Also, the last time I was home, the room my
bed was in no longer looked like my old bedroom but was referred to as the
Circulation/Advertising Depts and Administrative Offices.  (To complete the
picture, the den is the Editorial Dept.)  

Though I don't ordinarily read it, I picked up a copy of Creative Computing
which ZD just closed.  Dave Ahl wrote a very polite editorial considering
the situation.  He was also quite blunt, however.  It was very anguishing
to read his own job-wanted ad at the end of his column.  

What really galls me is that there are still subscription cards, request
for reader response, advertising rates, etc in the magazine, even though
the issue cover was marked "collector's item", so they obviously knew
months ahead that it would be closed.  

Don Libes         {seismo,umcp-cs}!nbs-amrf!libes

[D. Libes talks about M/S J's really being done in the basement]

Bravo, its just this kind of insider information that this net really
needs to make it a breathing entity!  No more flames, people, tell us
what is happenin' in YOUR basement!
	-Rick Richardson