in those years there was ne ilprotocollo obd for reading and writing and the tools to be able to do, the first kwp arrived in 2000.
the vag group everything in between 94 and 99 has the ecu with PLCC, then do not read and do not write, first why? the PLCC in question are OTP (only readable) and why? this kind of ecu does not have the characteristic of being able to be read from and written to...the first to be made of the 99 are the tdi 90-110 cv vag with edc15 PSOP.
the programmer does not matter at all, on the vag group if there are PLCC you don't read and don't write