Found in a 1970 EEE, this circuit can be applied to TTL ports. The supply is 5 V and the frequency, which depends on the crystal, can be between 1 and 3 MHz.
This is an old test circuit for integrated TTL counters, feeding a Nixie tube, common at the time....
I found this circuit in an Electronics Handbook from 1989. The circuit can be assembled with a...
This circuit makes use of a 2N301 germanium power transistor. We found it in a documentation from...