It serves as a reference, since today we can have simpler and more compact solutions. This circuit is from an Electronics Experimenter Handbook from 1992. The integrated circuits are from that time.
This circuit shows how to use flip-flops in a SIPO circuit with serial input and parallel output....
This circuit was found in the National Semiconductor Linear Applications Handbook, published in...
This circuit is from an 80's technical newsletter. The circuit can use any general purpose...