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     About Gary Perkins:

     I was born in Nederland, TX, a quaint little town sandwiched between
     Beaumont, Port Arthur, Port Neches, and Groves.  Our town has a rich
     history and culture distinct from the rest of the area, which was
     passed down from its founding settlers from the Netherlands.  I've
     lived in larger areas such as Corpus Christi and Dallas, but I always
     wound up coming back home.  I'm very proud of my hometown, and you
     can read more about it and the surrounding areas online.  Plus, I'm
     sure I'll get around to writing up an article on the unique history
     and culture of my hometown; I suggest others with the same feeling of
     their hometowns do the same!

     I'm presently 34 years old, and got into BBSing between 1990 and 1992.
     I started out on a Commodore Amiga 500 (my only other computer before
     that was a quirky Texas Instruments 99/4A), using some kind of term
     software that came with the modem that didn't support ANSI or transfer
     protocols.  It wasn't long before I was able to download a new term
     program via capture (took many tries), and found a few more numbers.
     By the next year, I was a seasoned BBSer, and hooked!

     Not long after that a coworker, who was also a BBSer, told me about a
     number at the local university that was a dialin to the Internet.  The
     way it worked was you dialed in, and was presented with a simple
     prompt for the IP address you wished to connect to.  It did not
     support DNS. With a small list of sites to try, I hacked around until
     I found a BBS in China that was on the Internet, and got into IRC.
     Eventually I met someone with a UNIX account to spare.  Basically, I
     learned all about the Internet in the oldschool way, before WWW was
     even popular.  My experiences between BBSes and the Internet have
     given me some unique perspectives on the technologies, and the social
     experiences have made me who I am today.  I believe in openness and
     tolerance with boundaries.

     At present, I am residing in Beaumont, TX, with my two young children,
     a girl 7 years old and a boy 5 years old.  My daughter suffers from a
     condition known as Ausperger's, which is considered to be a form of
     Autism.  She can be tremendously sweet one moment, and a pure
     terrorist the next.

     I'm an unemployed restaurant manager.  I'm trying to write a book for
     young readers.  In the early 90's I was the founder and moderator of a
     popular IRC channel, and a cosysop of a local BBS.I'm also a computer
     technician and system operator of Southeast Texas Chat and BBS, which
     is still relatively new.


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