This morning, I put in brand new plugs (they are bosch, but I don't believe for a minute that they could alone could prevent a car from starting, esepcially in my situation) and attached my known-to-be-working distributor, and I got the exact same thing.
If I was having any problems with the computer controls for my ignition system, my ECU would be throwing a code, right? I'm about to try swapping ECU's.