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TonyDuell · 7th Jun 2020, 4:36 pm

I remember all the tools in the first message, I probably still have them somewhere. There was also an IC extractor (a U shaped plastic thing with hooked ends that would fit round a 14 or 16 pin DIL package) and an L-shaped plastic thing with 0.1" scales on the two arms (used for identifying rows and columns on a bit of stripboard) and probably holes in it for drill bit/screw sizing.

Some magazines had free screwdrivers which were made of a metal only slightly stronger than cream cheese...

Later on Television magazine sometimes had a couple of diodes or something like that as a free gift.

7th Jun 2020, 4:36 pm	#4
TonyDuell Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Biggin Hill, London, UK. Posts: 5,208	Re: Magazine Free Gifts I remember all the tools in the first message, I probably still have them somewhere. There was also an IC extractor (a U shaped plastic thing with hooked ends that would fit round a 14 or 16 pin DIL package) and an L-shaped plastic thing with 0.1" scales on the two arms (used for identifying rows and columns on a bit of stripboard) and probably holes in it for drill bit/screw sizing. Some magazines had free screwdrivers which were made of a metal only slightly stronger than cream cheese... Later on Television magazine sometimes had a couple of diodes or something like that as a free gift.