I used to have a heap of both EA, and ETI magazines, but a change in work took me away from learning more about electronics.

My PCB etching back then was an extra large coffee jar filled with a ferric chloride solution to dip my board into. I think I drilled the holes by hand - nowadays we have dremels and battery drills to make life easy.

The Synthesizer ... my knowledgeable friend built that, and I borrowed it for a few months... didn't know how to capture the sounds that came out of it!