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The December 2020 CTIUG meeting needed to be rescheduled due to some members having other commitments on our usual 1st Saturday date. This is always a potential issue during the holiday season and I apologize for failing send out a notice. Please stand by for an upcoming meeting announcement once we set the new date. jasmaz

Just a quick reminder that the "Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 15" is happening as a virtual event this Saturday, Sept 12 beginning at 14:45 UTC http://vcfmw.org/virtual.html

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2020 14:26:31 +0000 From: VCFMW Planning Committee <info@vcfmw.org> Subject: VCF Midwest 15 Virtual Event! Let's do this thing online http://vcfmw.org/virtual.html https://mailchi.mp/1f03fef220b3/vcf-midwest-15-virtual-event?e=9a1d7203e1 A Virtual VCF Midwest? We're going to try... The year is 2020. It should have been the 15th Vintage Computer Festival Midwest, exceeding Number 14 in size and scope and all dimensions and laying (temporary) waste to another hotel ballroom. Instead, in between our masked forays into the Outerworld, we retire Smaug-like to our silicon hoards, awaiting hapless adventures not with flame but with fables: new projects, new acquisitions, new discoveries and, as ever, old electrons coaxed into motion again. So why wait another year? In lieu of an in-person show this year, we invite you to submit a video presentation for VCF Midwest! It can be the talk you were hoping to give on stage, a presentation of what would have been your exhibit, a tour of your collection or any other way you can dream up to show off your classic computing collections and projects. We only ask that it be on-topic for our event and that the audio is clear enough that you can be understood by your audience. No recording next to the running VAX! To join in the virtual fun, send us a video from 15 to 45 minutes in length following the instructions below. Your video will then be presented on the VCFMW YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/vcfmidwest as a YouTube Premiere https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9080341 in your time slot, where you can field questions in the real time chat as it plays. The chat comments will be archived, so they can be replayed for future repeat viewings. If you've got an idea for a video, email us before September 1 (the sooner the better!) at virtual@vcfmw.org with: * How you’d like to be credited (real name or alias ok) * A one-line title/topic for your video * A short paragraph as an Abstract (plaintext, but can include URLs) * What time of day (morning, afternoon, or evening) you’d prefer your video shown If accepted, completed videos are due to us by Noon on Monday, September 7th. You can get your video to us in one of three ways: * Provide a download link for us to pick it up (FTP, dropbox, mega.nz, uucp, fidonet, etc.) * Upload via anonymous FTP to ftp.oldskool.org in the /incoming directory * If you have no edit capability and would like to stream directly to Youtube from your phone or tablet, go ahead and do so, making your video “Unlisted”, then email us mailto:virtual@vcfmw.org?subject=VCFMW 15 Video Link the link and we’ll pick it up. Be sure to include some or all of the filename in your email so that we match videos up with the right people. Please note that presentation submissions, as well as time slots, are subject to VCFMW officer approval. We'll see you online! - The VCF Midwest Crew Twitter: https://twitter.com/vcfmidwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/342920329690394/ Website: http://vcfmw.org Email: mailto:info@vcfmw.org

Vintage Computer Festival West http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/ Updated 2020-06-10 VCF West is for everyone! Computer geeks, families/children, students, collectors, IT professionals, curious onlookers… VCF West 2020 is Virtual! When: August 1, 2020 With support from: Hackaday | Computer History Museum Where: Online! Hours: Saturday, 9:00-6:00 (Pacific Time) http://vcfed.org/wp/vcf-west-event-schedule/ Special attractions: ** Details will be added as they are finalized. ** Tickets — No tickets necessary for online event. Exhibits (and exhibit registration) — You’ll find demos of 1960s minicomputers, 1970s homebrew systems, 1980s eight-bitters, and a few oddities. Some exhibits contain pristine original machines, while others focus on unique modern hacks, and everything in between. http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/vcf-west-exhibits/ Speakers — Come see our impressive keynote speakers! http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/vcf-west-speakers/ Classes — How to do some topic taught by high qualified instructors. http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-west/classes/ Contacts: Erik Klein (erik@vcfed.org), producer, VCF West; or (info@vcfed.org), Vintage Computer Federation

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 15:36:20 +0000 From: VCF Midwest Planning <info@vcfmw.org> Subject: VCF Midwest 2020 Cancellation View this email in your browser https://us18.campaign-archive.com/?e=56d4eeb602&u=6d177060bd4511e27d05266a5&id=02ddfacc10 ** We regret to announce... ------------------------------------------------------------ There will be no VCF Midwest this year. The conditions imposed upon us by the CoViD-19 pandemic and related government regulations, as well as a depressed expected turn-out figure, will make it impossible for us to host an event of the size and quality our dedicated fans have come to expect. Thus today we have terminated our 2020 contract with Waterford Banquets and the Clarion Inn hotel. We recommend cancelling your hotel and travel reservations, if you have made them, and we hope that you have not been too greatly inconvenienced by our change of plans. We also wish to express our thanks for the many responses we received to our survey sent back in May. Your feedback was informative, interesting, humorous and most of all, essential in helping us make the right decision about this year's show. The good news is that we have an excellent relationship with our host venue and have already locked in our contract for 2021. Although a long way off, plans will take shape early next year for that show, so please keep an eye out for further announcements of VCFMW 16 (or will it be 15b? We don't know yet!) Also, following the lead of other cancelled festivals, we are considering a Virtual VCFMW to be held on one or more of the dates allocated for this year's show (Sept 12 or 13, 2020). If we think we can pull off something half as entertaining as the real thing, maybe we'll do it. Watch your email for announcements sometime in August. Your humble(d) organizer - - Silent700 ============================================================ ** Twitter https://twitter.com/vcfmidwest ** Facebook https://facebook.com/vcfmw ** Website http://vcfmw.org ** Email mailto:info@vcfmw.org

Hello all: On Sat, 4 Jan 2020 13:00:00 -0600 we will gather at the Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave, Evanston, IL 60201, Conference Room West (308), for the "Chicago TI-99/4A Users Group" meeting. For those who may be unable to attend the meeting in person we will be streaming the meeting via our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLTtWUO1syCerK4cPjOjPjg The stream usually begins by about 13:30:00 -0600 jasmaz

Hello All: This is just a quick reminder that we are just over three weeks away from: The 37th Annual Chicago TI International World Faire Evanston Public Library https://www.epl.org 1703 Orrington Ave Evanston, IL 60201 https://goo.gl/maps/coQ2LBRYEBzEpCP37 Saturday, November 2, 2019 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM CDT If you are unable to attend in person you can view the event on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLTtWUO1syCerK4cPjOjPjg Please note we still have some table space and talk/demo slots available. So if you items to sell or things to show off please send Faire Chairman, Hal Shanafield <hals12@hotmail.com> an email message with your specific needs. jasmaz

Hello all: On Sat, 5 Oct 2019 13:00:00 -0500 we will gather at the Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave, Evanston, IL 60201, Conference Room West (308), for the "Chicago TI-99/4A Users Group" meeting. For those who may be unable to attend the meeting in person we will be streaming the meeting via our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLTtWUO1syCerK4cPjOjPjg The stream usually begins by about 13:30:00 -0500 jasmaz

Hello All: Today, Sat, 7 Sep 2019 13:00:00 -0500 we will gather at the Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave, Evanston, IL 60201, for the "Chicago TI-99/4A Users Group" meeting. For those who may be unable to attend the meeting in person we will be streaming the meeting via our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLTtWUO1syCerK4cPjOjPjg The stream usually begins by about 13:30:00 -0500 Jim Mazurek

You are welcome to borrow one of my 'Xyplex MAXserver 1600' terminal servers if you are willing to deal with their non-hayes-like comands.

Hello All: Tomorrow, Sat, 11 May 2019 13:00:00 -0500 we will gather at the Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave, Evanston, IL 60201, for the "Chicago TI-99/4A Users Group" meeting. For those who may be unable to attend the meeting in person we will be streaming the meeting via our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLTtWUO1syCerK4cPjOjPjg Jim Mazurek

Hello All: Tomorrow, Sat, 06 Apr 2019 13:00:00 -0500 we will gather at the Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave, Evanston, IL 60201, for the "Chicago TI-99/4A Users Group" meeting. For those who may be unable to attend the meeting in person we will be streaming the meeting via our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLTtWUO1syCerK4cPjOjPjg Jim Mazurek

Correction: The time zone is CST We are live now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVRpFSPTvWk

On Sat, 2 Feb 2019, VICTOR STEERUP [TI99-4A] wrote: > Chicago TI User's Group Meeting today at the Evanston Public Library, > starting at 1:30 P.M. CST > Software demos, hardware repair, surprises! > Video at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLTtWUO1syCerK4cPjOjPjg

Hello All: This is just a quick notice that the Chicago TI99/4A Users Group is meeting this afternoon. We are live streaming on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLTtWUO1syCerK4cPjOjPjg I apologize for the lack of notice. jasmaz