what? a two chip "discrete TTL" solution to do exactly what the OP
wants - fail to see the joke. The internal construction of the chip
has no bearing...
hmmm... yep I'll completely agree with that... I suppose this is the
progress of things that there's no money in discrete stuff much more
than gates, so anything a bit "exotic" falls by the wayside. The march
of progress. Personally I'd solve this with a $2 controller but I
don't think that is allowed (