Just an idea, and I may be way off, but could it be the rotor pickup module? (If yours has one in the distributor, my '95 does.) I'm new and haven't followed the whole thread but would like to throw out some ideas.
Have you hooked a timing light to #1 plug or otherwise taken it out and verified there is zero spark? Try setting a plug on top of the engine and wire it straight to the coil - any spark now? If you have a voltmeter/DVM, set it to AC volts (20v or so) and measure across the coil primary leads WHILE cranking - do you get some reading now?
If the coil isn't getting any juice, then follow the wiring diagram from the coil backwards and find what it leads to, which is probably an "igniter" module. That could be the problem. Process of elimination! Good luck.