Tom McGee
 Addicted to email and like to meet interesting people. I keep the Boston BBS running, with help from others. For money, I service church organs. |
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| How did you personally get into using the Macintosh family of computers? | I needed to organize and grow a service business and went out looking at every computer available. Ultimately, I put my trust in a friend who bought one of the first Macs on the market. It was a kicking and screaming decision for me and it was several months before I felt comfortable with my choice. "Hey Gerard, this is a damn $3,000 deck of cards!" | |
| Status: | Warm heart, cold hands. | |
First Mac:
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512KE | |
Current Mac:
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Current Mac: Umax S900/604e/200, sold a G3 to get the 6 slots. Oldest daughter has iMac and younger 3 daughters use the old 7500, upgraded to 604e/200. I also use a CTX 233/K6, and there's an eMate here someplace. | |
| When did you get your first modem? | September 1985. | |
| Who did you call first? | Yellow Data and PhotoTalk. | |
| Present Occupation: | Service Allen organs in eastern New England. | |
| Claim to Fame: | Former director BCS*Mac online services; Co-admin BMUG Boston (now The Boston BBS). | |
| Dream Job: | What I do now. |
| Not So Random Thoughts... | |||
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| Was there ever a time in your life that you had to "Think Different?" What was the situation and what did you do? | |||
| The BCS*Mac BBS was running TBBS software on a DOS\BOX and in 1989 I decided I had to learn DOS in order to keep the BBS pig running. I don't get this "think different" stuff. THEY'RE the weird ones. | |||
| How has using the Macintosh computer changed your life? | |||
| I've met many people who've become good close friends. This isn't supposed to happen after age 30, is it? | |||
| What is the weirdest thing in your office right now? | |||
| The Aphex Aural Exciter with Big Bottom. | |||
| My Passions are: | |||
| Sex and drugs and rock and roll, minus the drugs. | |||
| If you could have dinner with one person dead or alive who would that person be and what would you ask them? | |||
| Eve. "How about a taste of those Apples." | |||
| Do you play a musical instrument and/or are you in a band? | |||
| Played guitar as a teen, worked as soundman/roadie for a dozen years. Like to record organ and choral concerts these days. | |||
| When I grow up I want to be: | |||
| I'm not growing up. | |||
| The question never asked: | |||
| How the hell do I know? |
| Just The Facts, Please... | ||||
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| Biographical Tidbits: | Born 1950, kid geek, hate sports, love music, love to garden, love my daughters. | Education: | HS, US Navy Electronic Technician, numerous courses. | |
| Location at Birth: | Faulkner Hospital, Boston. | Current Location: | Braintree Highlands, MA. | |
| Where you've been in between: |
Mostly Boston, lived in Silicon Valley in 1975. | Astrological Sign: | Aries with viagra rising. | |
| Available? | Married with children, but not dead yet. | Chat Nick: | Don't like chat, probably because I'm not a touch typist. | |
| Favorite Books: | Books on tape (I drive a lot). Romance novels lately. Diana Gabaldon is wonderful. | Favorite Music or Band: | Virgil Fox, Peter Gabriel, Marillion/Fish, Tina Turner, Andy Pratt. | |
| Favorite Food: | Chocolate first, caffeine second. | Cat or Dog Person: | Woof. | |
| No Personal Web Site | |
| Tom's Professional Web Site - Allen Organ | |
| Favorite Web Site: | Any of the Mac info ones. |
| If you keep on doing what you're doing, you'll keep on getting what you're getting." | |
Created Sunday, February 14, 1999; Edited: 2/21/99