5 quick operation and Maintenance Qs

Well I'm not going to open a new thread for this issue, but today:

I drove the car this morning for about 15 miles, parked it in the same place I always do, then went inside. I decided to go get lunch around noon, got in the car, and got a constant crank, but no start. First time its ever happened in about 8 or 9k miles to me. So, I listened, then got out, fuel filter has fuel in it, and seems ok, I think. I am going to go ahead and assume it's getting air, so I went for spark. I unplugged one wire from the dizzy, and set it on the valve cover with the sleeve rolled back. I attached a wire from the starter and then tapped the other end to the battery with the ignition set to "on". I used my other hand to grab a rubber handled screw driver and try to arc the spark plug wire. Nada. I set the wire next to an unpainted bolt and gapped it as close as possible - nada.

So I went and bridged the ballast, and then tried to start- still no power. I pulled the center wire off the dizzy, and then set that on the valve cover, took the negative wires from the pertronix off the coil, and then attached a ground wire to negative and then left the ignition on. I took the wire from the coil that normally goes to the dizzy cap and attached it to the strut tower (if its called that) bolt, and different places on the engine and then rapidly pulled it away from said object over and over. I didn't see anything. My immediate thought was that coils are $20, so I went and got one. It's 9 at night, and I just replaced it and there is still nothing. I probably did that particular test wron and the coil was fine... either way - now it's new. My only thought is it could be the pertronix electronic ignition... I still have the points, and my next thought is to go ahead and put them back. It would be stupid that the electro ign. lasted only about 2,000 miles, but it's not unheard of I guess.

Am I missing something crucial in my investigation? Also, how does one go about putting the points back in? Is it plug and play? Gapping involved? Have to use the old rotor? (still have) etc...