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The Chicago TI User Group is one of the oldest groups dedicated to the TI-99/4A and
related computers. We have been in existence since 1980 and are in our 44th Year! We
concentrate on supporting both the Chicago and greater worldwide TI community.
The Faire was a great success. Thank you all for coming!
(I've added all the faire videos in the Informative Videos Section)
The November Newsletter is now available - Happy Halloween!
There will be no November Meeting, the next meeting will be December 6th
TLC For Growing Minds Volume 1 now available for download.
Master Thief of Chicago, introduced at the TI Faire, now available for download.
Group Message Forum
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
Answers to the Super Summer Edition Riddle Page
1. Which door would the other guard say leads to paradise?
2. He was walking, not driving, and didn’t have to obey traffic laws.
3. He wrote “Your exact weight” on the paper (because that’s exactly what he said he would do).
4. 3. The code for the door is the number of letters in the number the doorman says.
616,424,411,514,640,194,342
At the 43rd Chicago TI International World Faire,
two awards were issued
The John Birdwell Award
The John Birdwell Award is selected by the John Birdwell Trustees on an annual basis, for lifetime achievements in the TI community. Although the Chicago Area TI User Group does not choose the winners, the Chicago Group presents the award because John Birdwell was a member of that user group.
The 2025 Award winner was presented to
Scott Adams
Scott Adams has been credited with starting the entire multi-billion dollar a year computer gaming industry. He wrote a series of Adventures for his company Adventure International from 1978 to about 1984. The series was written for the many different platforms of the day including the TI-99/4A in which the popular "Adventure Module" allowed you to load over a dozen different text adventures from either cassette of disk. Scott has always remained a friend and strong supporter of the TI community and has contributed videos and interviews for the TI Faire. Scott continues to produce exciting worlds of fiction which can be found at www.msadams.com - Congratulations!
Grant Schmalgemeier Award
The award is a memorial service award given by the Chicago TI-99/4A User's Group to individuals who have made significant contributions to the TI-99/4A community. Grant was enthusiastic supporter of the User Group and dedicated many years helping the group prosper and grow. Sadly Grant passed away in 1992 but he will never be forgotten to those who were so honored to have known him.
The 2025 Award winner was presented to
John Behnke
In our groups early years, John Behnke was a prolific game writer, former club librarian and columnist for the newsletter. Years later, he rejoined the group and restarted the groups newsletter as well as creating a new web page, assisting with the TI Faire and creating new games. He also talks too much *smiles*
(As webmaster of this page, I struggled with including this award here and describing why I received it. I felt, and still do, that this may lead people to think that I am somehow congratulating myself and I am a vain person. In the end I felt that this was legit news and excluding it would be wrong. In a small way, I am embarrassed but still deeply honored that the group presented this to me. The above text was not my words and I hope you don't misinterpret me including it here)
Next meeting: Saturday, December 6th at 1pm
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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 well as an adjacent lot. Meetings last about two hours.
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