Clubs and their newsletters enabled TI-59 users to share ideas, programs, hints and tips. DTP capable personal computers were rare during early 1980s, so most of the newsletters were produced using a typewriter, scissors and glue. Therefore they did not look like modern personal computer magazines, but were brimming with information: small letters, only technical illustrations and no advertisements. The newsletter usually had an Editor, who did all the work himself, from pasting articles to stuffing envelopes and taking them to the post office. Standard subscription price was $20 a year.

Some of the clubs also maintained software libraries. Members were encouraged to submit their programs to the library. For each accepted program (the reviewing process was usually quite strict, so only the best programs were accepted) the author was entitled to claim two free programs from the library. It was also possible to buy programs, paying nominal costs. Nobody made any real money by writing programs and submitting them to user clubs, but we all had a lot of fun.