On Nov 5,  3:05pm, Rick Copeland wrote:
} Subject: PROM Pass: x0K%*~sappho#

} At this point I seem to be in user mode or at least somewhere near, I then
} typed:
} 
} # cd /dev
} # cat eeprom
} ----sd x0K%*~sappho#
} 
} Then I figured I would try:
} 
} # eeprom
} # eeprom: diagnostic area checksum wrong
} 
} Looking at the above is there a password in "----sd x0K%*~sappho#" or would
} the command eeprom have cleared it if it had not had the error?

You can correct the checksum by running "eeprom -c".  You can turn
off the security nonsense and clear the password with
"eeprom secure=none".