I consider that good advice. I had a second master key made today ($62.) by Nyberg Lock Company in Seattle. They have transponder blanks in stock.
Unfortunately this locksmith is not able to program the the new transponder into the ecu memory so I have a non-working key. I will continue to wade through the mass of information on the web and keep trying the on-board programming methods to do it myself.
Is anyone here aware of a video instruction that documents on board programming for 1999 RX300 keys?
I will make one myself and post if I can ever figure it out.