Power from a single AA alkaline battery (plus lithium backup battery).
EDIT: The AP-900 uses AAA.
And yeah they absolutely are legit are used all over the industries that still use pagers (hospitals are big big one because in part of their reliability and lack of EMI).
Another interesting point about them is that they are:
Gold Apollo lists AA, FWIW~~https://web.archive.org/web/20240415091632/https://www.apollopagers.com/shop/gold-al-a25-alpha-numeric-pager/~~
EDIT: The AP-900 uses AAA.
And yeah they absolutely are legit are used all over the industries that still use pagers (hospitals are big big one because in part of their reliability and lack of EMI).
Another interesting point about them is that they are:
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