Cache is not at the published coordinates. That would be too easy.
Answer a simple question successfully to be rewarded with coordinates to the final stage. Hopefully, with the aid of your GPSr device of choice and your keenly honed geosenses you'll find this geocache.
Join me on a trip down integrated circuit lane. The topic for this fun challenge involves the venerable 555-timer chip. It's an 8-pin DIP - dual inline package - IC or integrated circuit.
The outside of the 555
The internal block diagram of the 555.
The 555-timer has several modes. Identify them. Enter them into the checker in alphabetical order. Be sure to separate each word with an underscore "_" like so.
Here's an example to illustrate the formatting. something_guessed_correctly
= = = HONORS = = =
First to Solve on Wednesday, 17 Jan 2024, 09:26:58 by Kolo Jezdec
First to Find on Thursday, 18 January 2024, 12:35pm by sjmack56
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