Odd, indeed. It implies, perhaps, that one of two or more MLB-suppliers used (and it would have needed redesign, however slight, of the board) the 4.5V battery from as early as July '93 (as recorded by Scott), and that lithium and alkaline batteries were simultaneously in use at least until Oct. '93, if not until May '94.

Stuart Bell may well be aware of this difference, and it may even have been raised in the CC forum moderated by him within the 'Fritter forums, although I don't recall that as having happened while I was following the CC forum.

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