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 Well not a build yet, I have the boards and gathering parts just a simple question.

MAX1044 from I gather were in the original, why use a ICL7660?  You can still get the 1044 and I know they are swappable, and I guess pretty much electrically the same? For no other reason than aesthetics I like to keep my builds as true to the originals as possible when I can, but wondering if there's a sonic reason...

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CR

 My ole trusty solder sucker, doesn't suck good anymore...  No comment....
Does anybody have a good recommendation??

I did a scratch build that turned out pretty good, my buddy wanted one, and I wasn't doing another scratch build.  Finally the boards were in stock, so here I go....

 Well, being that the Collosalus boards weren't available for several years, I ended up building one on vero board that I found on the inner web...  What was I thinking???  It was by fare, the most difficult electronic project I ever did, and most difficult to trouble shoot.  Lots of solder lands to fix, had to relocate a couple of caps and resistors that were off by one hole.  Flipped one chip and had a fake MN3007.  But the thing sounds awesome!!!
So my buddy says can you build me one!!! Ugh!! Never do another one like that!!! But, Brian started making the boards again, and I got a couple to build....

 Are these boards still available??

CR