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After following an answer to a question I asked here I created this circuit...
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
This is the output on either of the transistor collectors.
Shouldn't I be getting a pretty crisp square wave with this configuration?
What you are trying to do is the ROSNER MODIFICATION to the astable multivibrater this was well before the internet and I cant find any reference to it and yes it can sharpen the collecter waveforms A sensible thing for you to do is to increase the caps by a factor of 10 and see some waveform improvement because the astable isn't used at high frequencies
The answer was in the diodes. I went ahead and just used the rectifier diodes I had lying around because at first glance it looked like the diode would only be biased once. Now I realize the bias switches so the 30uS maximum switching speed of a rectifier diode is not enough. I exchanged for a shottkey, and bingo!
