I bought about $500 worth of N4YG's DDS VFO kits (board, PIC and DDS chip; u-build-the-rest) when he had them for sale for the express purpose of converting 4x R7, 2x TR7 and 2x TR5 to synthesized tuning. Those are on my to-do list in the next year or so.
Joe's kits would also work in the 4-line series equipment. I hope someone follows in his footsteps and continues offering similar kits.