It's kind of an out-lier but Engines of Creation. Not strictly about computers, but it had the first description of hypertext that I had seen. If we really have to go 8-bit then the TI-BASIC manual I had for my 99/4A. I had no secondary storage, so I'd type in 100 lines of code and run it. Then retype it all and make some changes and run it again. And then have to turn the damned thing off (losing everything) because my parents wanted to use the TV. Bastards.
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