It appears going the older style with the Eproms is a much cheaper way? I wonder if one or the other is more reliable, no reason today why each shouldn't last the life of a vehicle like in a commercial vehicle?
On another 4l80e question. Have any of you seen a HMMWV 4l80e with a Self threading sheet metal screw drilled through the tranny oil pan to hold the filter in place? Some idiot in the Army did that to mine and now I have to plug the hole. Swapped fluids and when I pulled the pan (after removing the crossmemember) it was diffiucult. Pulled harder and the fillter popped out and realized that screw towards the front of the pan threaded through the bottom of the pan and into the filter. I pulled the screw out, replaced the filter and the filter neck sleeve with new ones from Wix and they are in there firmly, don't know why you would have needed/wanted to screw the sheet metal screw through the oil pan. The HMMWV 4l80e in my M998 doesn't have one. Was this just a mechanic trying to cover up a bad job? Trying to keep a filter from coming loose? Making it easier to install the pan and filter past the front of the crossover exhaust?