The Chicago TI-99/4A
User Group
chicago.ti994a.usersgroup@gmail.com
Come to the Faire!
Saturday October 26th
The TI Event of the year!
President
Group Archivist
Victor Steerup
Secretary
Faire Coordinator
Hal Shanafield
Meeting Production
Technical Support
James Mazurek
Faire Support
Video Production
John Shanafield
Newsletter Editor
Webmaster
John Behnke
Support Services
David Behnke
Kyle Phillips
The Chicago TI User Group is one of the oldest groups dedicated to the Texas Instruments and related computers. We have been in existence since 1980 and are in our 45th Year!
Location: Evanston Public Library
1703 Orrington Ave
Evanston, IL 60201
Falcon Room (Room 303 - 3rd Floor)
Parking: Northeast Parking Lot (74 spots)
(next to Library)
$8 for 4 hours
Church Street Garage (600 spots)
525 Church St (1 block east of Library)
1 Hour $1.00
2 Hours $3.00
3 Hours $5.00
5 Hours $6.00
8 Hours $10.00
12 Hours $12.00
Time: 10am – 4pm cst
9:45am - Early Membership Signup
The first 22 people who sign up for a 2025
Chicago TI User Group Membership will
receive a Welcome Box with a ton of super
Cool Stuff! Suggested donation is $21
A limited number of speaking slots and vendor tables are available for demonstrations, talks, and seminars. Space will be awarded on a first come basis.
Please direct all requests to: Hal Shanafield at hals12@hotmail.com
The Faire consists of an entire weekend of events which include:
Friday Night Dinner: TBA
Saturday TI World Faire
Saturday After Faire Banquet TBA
Saturday Night Pub Crawl: TBA
Sunday Morning Survivors Breakfast: TBA
Details of each event will be forthcoming
CTIUG holds their monthly meetings at:
3rd Floor Meeting Room
(847) 448-8600
Our Next Meeting will be held
December 7th at 1:30pm cst
Our monthly meetings are broadcast live via YouTube. There may be a delay of 15-20 minutes. During the meeting, you may ask questions via YouTube and we will try our best to answer.
We strongly encourage you to attend our meetings in person if possible. There is ample free parking located in the parking garage under the library as we as an adjacent lot. Meetings last about two hours.
We welcome comments and suggestions pertaining to the meetings.
The below hotels are closest to the Faire.
Hilton Orrington/Evanston (Adjacent to Library)
1710 Orrington Ave, Evanston, IL 60201, (847) 866-8700
(Rooms still available starting at $350 a night)
Hyatt House Chicago/Evanston (2 blocks)
1515 Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201, (847) 864-2300
(Rooms still available starting at $265 a night)
Hilton Garden Inn Chicago North Shore/Evanston (4 blocks)
1818 Maple Ave, Evanston, IL 60201, (847) 475-6400
(Rooms still available starting at $198 a night)
Holiday Inn Chicago North-Evanston (3 blocks)
1501 Sherman Ave, Evanston, IL 60201, (847) 491-6400
(Limited availability starting at $146 a night)
DoubleTree by Hilton Chicago - North Shore (3.5 miles)
9599 Skokie Blvd, Skokie, IL 60077, (847) 679-7000
(Rooms still available starting at $124 a night)
Hampton Inn & Suites Chicago-North Shore/Skokie (4 miles)
5201 Old Orchard Rd, Skokie, IL 60077, (847) 583-1111
(Rooms still available starting at $142 a night)
Residence Inn by Marriott Chicago Wilmette/Skokie (4 miles)
3205 Old Glenview Rd, Wilmette, IL 60091, (847) 251-6600
(Rooms still available starting at $159 a night)
Hilton Chicago O'Hare Airport (15.4 miles)
(2 minute walk to/from airport check-in)
O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, 60666
(Rooms still available starting at $221 a night)
Note: If you stay here it will be about a $35+ ride on Uber
to get to the faire (plus tip)
Click above to Join our monthly
meeting. You may also view past meetings here.