I´m not very experienced into MPP trackers and not into programming also. We have to check different concepts or existing schematics for what we can use.
I suggest a modern software approach that yet fits in a tiny PIC or ATMEL; my hope is to find a tiny program which maybe can be translated to the 4004 system without pushing its boundaries.
Jan, just let me know how you want to proceed and what your preferences are in this project. Greetings Jan (my name also :-)