This simple Philips circuit from the 1960s can use any general-purpose transistor. The signal is modulated at 2.7 kHz.
This is an old test circuit for integrated TTL counters, feeding a Nixie tube, common at the time....
This old oscillator using germanium transistors has a high impedance headphone as inductor to...
This preamp with several inputs using germanium transistors from the time was found in Japanese...