This circuit was found in a 1966 EEE. What it does is it converts the logic levels of 0 V and +4 V into -6 V and +6 V. Some older type transistors can be replaced by modern equivalents.
Today we have more compact solutions. This is from a Radio Electronics magazine from October 1990....
This filter was found in Texas Instruments documentation from the 1980s. The circuit uses a common...
16 commercial test circuit for tubes and transistors appeared in Radio Electronics magazine in...