PRS-500 USB interface to Reader

geekraver · 10-09-2006, 08:40 PM

I notice that the installed Sony Connect software has a bunch of separate DLLs, including one for the USB interface to the device. This suggests it may not be too difficult, so someone outside the USA (i.e. not me, due to DMCA) who is handy with IDA Pro, to reverse engineer the API this DLL exposes and thus to build alternatives to the Sony Connect software.

I'm not trying to suggest circumvention of the Octopus DRM that the Reader uses for the Connect Store, just thinking of ways that we could write programs such as my RSS2PDF converter that would automatically sync up new RSS content when the reader is connected.

TadW · 10-10-2006, 05:24 AM

I don't have the Reader. But is there a way I can download the CONNECT software from somewhere? I'd be interested to take a peek

10-09-2006, 08:40 PM	#1
geekraver Addict Posts: 283 Karma: 9282 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Redmond Device: iPad	USB interface to Reader I notice that the installed Sony Connect software has a bunch of separate DLLs, including one for the USB interface to the device. This suggests it may not be too difficult, so someone outside the USA (i.e. not me, due to DMCA) who is handy with IDA Pro, to reverse engineer the API this DLL exposes and thus to build alternatives to the Sony Connect software. I'm not trying to suggest circumvention of the Octopus DRM that the Reader uses for the Connect Store, just thinking of ways that we could write programs such as my RSS2PDF converter that would automatically sync up new RSS content when the reader is connected.

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10-10-2006, 05:24 AM	#2
TadW Uebermensch Posts: 2,533 Karma: 889242 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Device: Kindle	I don't have the Reader. But is there a way I can download the CONNECT software from somewhere? I'd be interested to take a peek


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