This simple 555 component tester was found in the November 1992 issue of Radio Electronics magazine. The circuit is powered by 6 to 12 V batteries.
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...