So, what exactly is The Silver Jaguar anyway? The Silver Jaguar (TSJ) was the name of the Bulletin Board System (BBS) that I used to run. TSJ started on March 1st, 1994. TSJ was based in Northern California and acted as a major news feed for the area. So, if you BBSed in No. Calif, you may not have logged on to my board, but you probably got your long-distance news and e-mail via TSJ.

TSJ was mostly self-maintaining. In fact, I only needed to log in to read my e-mail and of course play the online games. :) It was on a Pentium 350 (started out on a 386DX-40) running a fairly modified copy of WWIV v4.24a.

But, in the end (April 1, 2000), I had to take it down. The success of the internet was a big part in the board's downfall. TSJ just couldn't compete. I had intended to create a version of the board that would run on the internet. Unfortunately, I got busy with more important things (getting married, moving, etc).

Okay, why the name "The Silver Jaguar"? Well, the jaguar is one of my favorite animals and frankly, "silver" just sounded good with "jaguar".

About Emperor ACE
I (James A. Gayhart) was born in 1976 in Santa Rosa, CA. I got my first computer, a Commodore 64, when I was eleven. At first, I didn't have any sort of storage medium that I could write to, so I spent a portion of my time just playing around with video game cartridges. The rest of my time was spent entering source code for various programs from computer magazines.

Unfortunately, not a lot of programs worked after I had entered them in. Usually, it was a typo either on my part or the magazines' part. But sometimes, it was a logic problem. At the time, I didn't quite know what programming or debugging was, but I was hooked.

"As soon as we started programming, we found out to our surprise that it wasn't as easy to get programs right as we had thought. Debugging had to be discovered. I can remember the exact instant when I realized that a large part of my life from then on was going to be spent in finding mistakes in my own programs." -- Maurice Wilkes

In 1994, I started working at a company called SoftCell. SoftCell later merged with Baja Systems. And finally, in 2000, we became United Support Systems. In 2006, I became employed at GED Integrated Solutions as a Software Design Engineer. Take a look at my résumé, my LinkedIn page, my Facebook page, or my MySpace page if you're interested.

How did I get the handle "Emperor ACE"? I've always like to play cards and eventually became pretty good at it. Some of my friends began to call me "Ace". Later on, some one called me the "King of Cards". That evolved into "Emperor ACE". It has stuck ever since.

When I'm not working, I spend time on several side projects for my own amusement. Also, I enjoy (most of the time) educating myself. So, I try to stay in school in one form or another.

Speaking of schools, I started my education at the Sonoma County Head Start program. I spent my Kindergarten year at Wright Elementary School. From First grade through Eigth grade, I was at Santa Rosa Christian School. I spent Ninth grade at Lawrence Cook Middle School. Finally, I spent Tenth through Twelfth grade at Montgomery High School. I eventually continued on to college.

When I was younger, I spent eleven years in The Boy Scouts Of America. I was also one of the first members of my troop (Troop 58, Santa Rosa, CA) to earn the Order Of The Arrow (Orca Lodge).

Of course, my life would not be complete without my loving wife and our dogs. We live in beautiful Lorain, OH. So far, what I like most about the area is the frequent lightning storms. Of course, they do cause the occasional electrical problems (brownouts, blackouts, etc.). But, I do enjoy the show.

On kind of a side note, the Press Democrat published an article in 1998 about some of my ancestors. Also, my dad, Fred Gayhart, plays in The Fabulous Blue Moon Dance Band.

Lastly, if you'd like to send me a comment, need help with homework, have a complaint, etc., then please send me some feedback. I generally answer all of my e-mail within 24 hours.