I should probably go change that. I think I hardly knew the difference when I originally joined the forum.
Mine's actually a EBW1150 or whatever it is called, post GEB. So no, sadly I wasn't around for anything pre- ebookwise.com.
I've put a few imps on from here, but otherwise I have only ever rolled my own, so to speak.
Anyway, thanks for the firmware round up as well. I'll definitely have to get all the way updated if I ever switch to a REB1200.