Current Employment: <b>Field Service Technician/Service Trainer</b>
- for the <a class="bb_link" href="https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?url=http://pellethead.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" >USA's largest pellet stove dealer</a> <span class="bb_link_host">[pellethead.com]</span> -
Past Experience:
- Professional Locksmith (1979~1990) (Registered/Bonded)
- Owner/Operator: Retail Hardware Store (1990~1996)
- Founder/Owner/Operator: Global Gallery Internet Services (1995~2000)
- Sales/Service Manager / Head Repair Tech: Coin-Op Arcade Games (2001~2011)
- Sales/Service Manager / Head Repair Tech: PC Sales/Service (2008~2011)
~ About Global Gallery Internet Services (gglbbs) 1995~2000 [RIP] ~
As the Founder of gglbbs I was the <a class="bb_link" href="https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sysop" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" >Sysop</a> <span class="bb_link_host">[en.wikipedia.org]</span> (System Operator)
Global Gallery provided the first <a class="bb_link" href="https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISP" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" >ISP</a> <span class="bb_link_host">[en.wikipedia.org]</span> services to 3 area communities.
List of services gglbbs offered in the good ol' days of the <a class="bb_link" href="https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" >BBS</a> <span class="bb_link_host">[en.wikipedia.org]</span>:
- <a class="bb_link" href="https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dial-up_Internet_access" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" >Dial-up</a> <span class="bb_link_host">[en.wikipedia.org]</span> - 16 (14.4Kbps), 32 by 1996, by 1997 64 33.6 lines
- <a class="bb_link" href="https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telnet" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" >Telnet</a> <span class="bb_link_host">[en.wikipedia.org]</span> Access for those outside the local calling area.
- Over 7Gigs of shareware, freeware & open-source code, all indexed and searchable!
- Classified Ads, Forums, Live Chat, Web Hosting/Design, Database Hosting & Games:
<a class="bb_link" href="https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_Wars" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" >Trade Wars</a> <span class="bb_link_host">[en.wikipedia.org]</span>
<a class="bb_link" href="https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" >MUD's</a> <span class="bb_link_host">[en.wikipedia.org]</span> (Multi-User Dungeon)
Also available were: TeleTrivia, Battleship, Solitaire and many more games!
You can still find <a class="bb_link" href="https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?url=http://web.archive.org/web/*/gglbbs.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" > Remnants of gglbbs on the Web Archive</a> <span class="bb_link_host">[web.archive.org]</span>