So...I do the avrdude as outlined above and the final message is an error. I'm think "Oh crap!" Then I realize that if it changed the fuse, it would expect the occilator and even though it communicated long enough to change the fuse, it couldn't communicate after tha to give the rest of the message.
Plugged it into the board that was running so slow and it does exactly what I wanted.
Thank you again. I love it when a forum plan comes together.
Charlie