Thank you to all that replied to my situation!

Well, last night Julianna T. of Rastfalia & stretch
van fame loaned me a known good ECU to try in place of
the "known good" ECU I bought from my local VW
parts/salvage yard *came from a runner they said ~ who
knows sometimes things just die*

Anyway, it is the ECU and I'm back on the road to
recovery.

Brian