Yep, I did talk to Brian!
Infact, my chip is already on the way there for him to replace, free of charge
I ordered it from him nearly a year ago, but with the TPI finally installed, the ECM isn't communicating correctly with his chip. I put an S-10 chip, and the ECM performs flawlessly, but put Brian's in, and the ALDL stuff does not respond.
So, hopefully he'll get the new chip to me, and I can just plop it in, set my timing, and have a chip that is close enough for me to DD while I tune it up