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it would seem whatstar was documented by or perhaps developed by Hugh Kenner, Buckley notes in his obituary of Kenner:

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/224096/hugh-kenner-rip/william-f-buckley-jr?pg=2

The papers of Kenner (of some note in the world of literature) are at U Texas, where the is a referecne on page 2 of their holding his copy of a review of Whatstar:

http://research.hrc.utexas.edu:8080/hrcxtf/view?docId=ead/00209.xml

also, see Yachting Nov 1988:

http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/interviews/9002190102/starfinding-laptop-luxury

Starfinding in the laptop of luxury.
Buckley, W.F. // Yachting; Nov88, Vol. 175 Issue 5, p17

also, the New Yorker

The New Yorker : Feb 09, 1987
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