I did finally end up finding the parts I needed. With dialing fingers handy and Google as my co-pilot, I managed to wrangle two MGATE cards and a ring voltage generator card that failed to come back up in the midst of everything else. They got shipped out of MO and got here by noon on Sunday, the rest was only a 25 minute walk in the park, thankfully. I don't know who Walter is, but I'd have gladly made a 9 hr round trip to get the parts I needed!

When I die, I want to go peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming and panicking like the passengers in his car.