The Chicago TI-99/4A
User Group
chicago.ti994a.usersgroup@gmail.com
Super Wumpus, a new game demoed at the Faire, is now available in the Library
We invite everyone to attend our last meeting of the year on December 7th, Pearl Harbor Day. The location is the same as the faire but in another room. Time will be 1pm - 3pm. We hope we can see some of our new members!
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!
December 7th, Pearl Harbor Day
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, the United States, just before 8:00 a.m. (local time) on Sunday, December 7, 1941. At the time, the United States was a neutral country in World War II. The attack on Hawaii and other U.S. territories led the United States to formally enter World War II on the side of the Allies the day following the attack, on December 8, 1941.
The base was attacked by 353 Imperial Japanese aircraft (including fighters, level and dive bombers, and torpedo bombers) in two waves, launched from six aircraft carriers.[18] Of the eight United States Navy battleships present, all were damaged and four were sunk. All but USS Arizona were later raised, and six were returned to service and went on to fight in the war. The Japanese also sank or damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship, and one minelayer. More than 180 US aircraft were destroyed. A total of 2,393 Americans were killed and 1,178 others were wounded. Important base installations, such as the power station, dry dock, shipyard, maintenance, and fuel and torpedo storage facilities, as well as the submarine piers and headquarters building (also home of the intelligence section) were not attacked. Japanese losses were light: 29 aircraft and five midget submarines were lost, and 129 servicemen killed.
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.