If anyone needs the Astak firmware since it's been pulled from the site, it's still available at
http://www.theezreader.com/html/support_firmware.asp. It looks like they pulled the firmware from their main site but overlooked this link (which I found in the MobileRead wiki). I am downloading all 3 copies now and will keep them on my server and probably upload them to angelfire or something like that so others can download.
It looks to me like Astak completely pulled out of the e-reader market, but their tactics are so irresponsible and deceptive towards their existing customers it defies any logic. I mean this is a big company that sells lots of other stuff...do they really think they can just erase their e-readers from their catalog and basically tell their existing customers to forget it and go away when it comes to support. Wow, this is a new low. I've seen companies discontinue products and post end of life support announcements, but I've never seen a company try to completely erase the past like it was a bad one-night-stand they wanted to forget. I can only imagine what their books look like
