firmware password on 3B2/400

[Wayne F. M. Clapper]

In article <4622 at drutx.ATT.COM> darryl at drutx.ATT.COM (JacobsD) writes:
>In article <17493 at netnews.upenn.edu> blackman at hodgkin.med.upenn.edu (David Blackman) writes:
>>I have acquired an AT&T 3B2/400.  The system administrator for the
>>machine has left town.  My problem is that I don't know the firmware
>
>If you don't have the root password, you must disconnect the battery on the
>motherboard, as has been described previously.
>
>-- 
Don't forget to leave it unplugged for at least 30-45 minutes to drain 
the memory (DRAM?)