Todd Vierling wrote:

>On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, ROC wrote:
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>>If  not, I guess I can intensify my efforts to find a battery - been biding my
>>time for a reasonable deal on eBay.  I seem to have seen some statements that
>>the MC-BA11A for the 880 should NOT be used to replace the MC-BA11 for the
>>800.  Can anyone cofirm/deny?
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>It's the other way round.  The 800 can use either BA11 or BA11A, but the 880
>needs BA11A only.  (It's a difference in current draw, I believe, in that
>the 880 needs a few more mA and the older battery can't give it reliably.)
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Ah - that makes more sense.  I probably got switched around in my 
understanding/recollection.

Thanks,  Todd.

Rory