gr8flyer,
thanks for chiming in, i will wait tio hear whats new.
yes i have schematics, both johns and gompys. i even downloaded the "program file" and the "hex" files. not sure what to do with themYET

nice to know folks havent given up
look at the schematics and you will see that capacitor voltages, transistor specs, resistor wattages etc are not documented. read my 1st post.
i am really looking forward to building this.
have agreat day- chuck