deskthority

I obviously read every single pixel on a sub-atomic level of the thread (I didn't, oops).

Ah, yep, the firmware I downloaded was out of date by a few weeks. I made sure to download the latest one and cast the old pack to the depths of hell.

Shorting out the PROG pads finally allowed me to flash ...

I wanted to try the new VIA firmware on my model F, so I did the usual process:

I erased the Eeprom with the pandrew xwhatsit utility like usual, and I entered the bootloader with the utility.

I opened up Atmel Flip, selected ATmega32U2, opened the USB port connection, selected the Via zF77 - HHKB ...