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[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

had comprehensive manuals

You must not have coded for DOS.

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

At home, Atari ST and at work IBM System/38 where the manuals had their own office.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 2 points 6 days ago

I had an Atari 800, and the manual for it was pretty complete.

At office in 1991 I started programming for IBM PCs in DOS, that was a big step into the void.