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the nonresettable grand total as of the time of a Z reading
(grand total) equaled the sum of all transaction totals entered
into the cash register that commenced with the time at which the
cash register was first used in 1986 and that ended with the time
of that Z reading.11 From May 30, 1990, through December 31,
1990, the nonresettable grand total as of the time of a Z reading
equaled the sum of all transaction totals entered into the cash
register that commenced on May 30, 1990, and that ended with the
time of that Z reading. Each time a transaction was entered into
the cash register, the grand total increased by that transaction
total. The grand total could have included transactions that did
not constitute sales (nonsale transactions), such as transactions
entered while programming the cash register. A person could not
have simply entered a number into the cash register as a grand
total. The only way to reset the grand total to zero was to
cause the capacitors to drain by unsoldering and taking the
battery out of circuit.
In addition to maintaining the grand total, the cash regis-
ter maintained a nonresettable, consecutive transaction number
11 The grand total was reset to zero on May 30, 1990. As dis-
cussed below, the only way to reset the grand total to zero was
to cause the capacitors to drain by unsoldering and taking the
battery out of circuit. The record does not provide any explana-
tion as to why the battery was unsoldered and taken out of
circuit as of May 30, 1990, and neither party has suggested that
the resetting of the grand total as of May 30, 1990, should
affect our findings or conclusions herein.
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