Welcome Arnie!!!

Post by **gmattson** » Wed Oct 10, 2001 11:33 am

I am very happy to report that Arnie has joined the Eastern Art's volunteer staff. He has an impressive resume in the computer field and will be working with Scott to help our site run smoothly.

As an added bonus, Arnie will help moderate this computer forum. Welcome aboard Arnie!

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GEM

Dakkon · Post by **Dakkon** » Wed Oct 10, 2001 10:35 pm

Welcome Arnie !!!
Glad you are onboard

Chuck

Allen M. · Post by **Allen M.** » Wed Oct 10, 2001 11:58 pm

Super!!!!

Welcome aboard!!!!

Would you care to tell us a little bit about yourself? Martial arts and Computer Science?

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Allen Moulton from Uechi-ryu Etcetera

Arnie Elkins · Post by **Arnie Elkins** » Thu Oct 11, 2001 3:44 am

"So, tell me about yourself..."

First, I hate to hear those words.

At any rate, a brief history of me:

As a computer junkie, I have been spending way too much time with computers ever since I found out that HP calculators were programmable. My first 'real' computer was a TI-99, and I soon graduated to an Atari ST. Since then I have built every PC I have owned, having started with a magnificent IBM PC-XT. I worked for 6 years as a mainframe computer operator, spent 3 years doing PC/network technical support, spent another 3 years as a network administrator, and am currently working as a network engineer, playing with Cisco routers and switches. I have been in the engineer phase for about 2 years, although I just moved to Richmond, VA back in February. I have my CCNA certification, and am working towards the CCNP, with an eye on possibly trying to get my CCIE somewhere down the road.

As for the martial arts, I have been a 'martial artist wannabe' as long as I can remember. It must have been 18 years ago that I started with Yoshukai karate, for about 2 months, before I had to move, and could no longer attend classes. Almost 15 years ago I started playing in the SCA, doing armored combat for about 6 years, with the occasional foray since then. About 10 years ago I began studying Wing Chun. I practiced diligently for about 1.5 years, at which time life got in the way, and my SCA and Wing Chun became very sporadic. And about 2 weeks ago, I began my study of Uechi-ryu, courtesy of Glasheen's Asian Arts. I am really enjoying Uechi-ryu, and have found a great deal of wonderful information on this web site. I am very happy to have become a part of the site in such a short time! I hope that I can make some valuable contributions.

Scott Danziger · Post by **Scott Danziger** » Fri Oct 12, 2001 1:00 am

Glad to have you aboard. Lord knows we can use your help. (Even if you didn't have a commodore 64)

Though my name is up as moderator of this forum, for all intents and purposes, it's yours to run as you see fit. I'm sure you will do a great job.

Scott

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Allen M. · Post by **Allen M.** » Fri Oct 12, 2001 1:50 am

If you like to build your PCs, then you have some company.

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Allen Moulton from Uechi-ryu Etcetera

Arnie Elkins · Post by **Arnie Elkins** » Fri Oct 12, 2001 2:45 am

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Scott Danziger:
Glad to have you aboard. Lord knows we can use your help. (Even if you didn't have a commodore 64)
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Have one, no. Use one, oh yeah. A friend and I ran a BBS(remember those?) on a C64, then graduated to a C128, and eventually upgraded that bad boy with a 1 meg floppy drive! Woohoo!

Ah, the bad old days...

Arnie

Van Canna · Post by **Van Canna** » Fri Oct 12, 2001 3:12 am

Arnie,

Welcome aboard.Wish you all the best.

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Van Canna

Dakkon · Post by **Dakkon** » Fri Oct 12, 2001 10:26 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>
Have one, no. Use one, oh yeah. A friend and I ran a BBS(remember those?) on a C64, then graduated to a C128, and eventually upgraded that bad boy with a 1 meg floppy drive! Woohoo!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Arnie,
Those where the bad good ol' days!
I ran a BBS off a Amiga 2000, auto disconect after after 30minutes and 5 minute reconnect timers. People where glad to get on and didn't mind the dump after 30mins.
Nowadays they go screaming if they get dumped after 30 minutes of in activity! Go figure

RACastanet · Post by **RACastanet** » Sun Oct 14, 2001 12:38 am

Nice to see you here Arnie.

Rich

Scott Danziger · Post by **Scott Danziger** » Mon Oct 15, 2001 5:58 am

Arnie,

With my C64, I ran The Misty Mountain BBS for about 3-4 years. I had a mighty Lt Kernel 20 Meg hard drive with a 2400 supra modem. That drive cost me like $749 back in the day. (It was nice to be single & free back then).

Scott

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Taking Charge - Cable TV & Video Martial Arts Show