Wiredless: Thanks for the quick response. I'd previously checked that Control Panel Device locale, but because it indicated that the present version (which I'd flashed yesterday) was presumably identified as 1.2006.26-8, and the new one according to fanoush is 39-14, I suspected that there might be some imprecision in the Device locale's information. Hence my query.

Fanoush: As I'm so dependent on your various "hacks," I indeed will wait until you and others have appropriately sorted all these matters out. What a slog! But not entirely unenjoyable -- and certainly educational.