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Four computers from the years when every byte was counted. Each one gets a manual that starts from the first byte and ends with complete games.

Atari · 1977

Atari 2600

MOS 6507 at 1.19 MHz
128 bytes RAM

1 book · 2 games

Sinclair Research · 1982

ZX Spectrum

Zilog Z80A at 3.5 MHz
16 or 48 KB RAM

1 book

Commodore · 1982

Commodore 64

MOS 6510 at about 1 MHz
64 KB RAM

5 books · 3 games

Commodore · 1985

Amiga

Motorola 68000 at about 7 MHz
512 KB (Amiga 500) RAM

1 book · 2 games

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