Chicago TI-99/4A

User Group

chicago.ti994a.usersgroup@gmail.com

Come to the Faire!

Saturday October 26th

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 for more than 44 years.

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:


Evanston Public Library

3rd Floor Meeting Room

1703 Orrington Avenue

Evanston IL 60201

(847) 448-8600


Our Next Meeting will be held

October 5th 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 $220 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.