OOOPS! Here's the link. Thanks for the idea, sounds like a cool preamp, but I'm set on building my very own :-) Cheap, and will do EXACTLY the bizarre combination of functions I want it to and nothing more or less. I have also found some more stuff to indicate that this will indeed program to a regular, 'pretty' learning remote. Thanks for the reply.
peace
Sanaka
[Link: electronickits.com]