I am guessing my regular run-of-the-mill multi-meter doesn't do dwell.
edit - steve, sorry I missed your post until now. Yes, my failed coil was remotely mounted, as shown in this picture taken earlier this spring. That is actually the dead coil, and the location where it lived the last 26 months since it was new in 2009. My original bracket rusted off, and the mounting bolts are solid in the block, so I just left them there. It would be a bear to remove them to re-mount a coil to the engine.