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AnthonyHogan · 03-22-2008, 12:17 PM

Hi All,

Now that the Sony PRS-505 is going to be available in the UK soon , I'm starting to get interested in E Readers.

I wonder if someone could tell me how many characters can be displayed in normal mode & landscape view?

Also it would be useful to get an idea of how many lines would be displayed.

I'm asking this, as I can see that the reader would be useful as a way for me to to carry around programming source code (I presently have lots of pieces of paper holding code snippets, and examples).

Nearly all the code I've got is based on 80 characters wide formatting. Would these display OK on the Sony reader?

Would I merely have to change the extensions for the files (*.vbs, *.bas, *.c) to add .txt on the end in order for them to be read by the PRS-505.

Many thanks in advance,

Anthony S Hogan

03-22-2008, 12:17 PM	#1
AnthonyHogan Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: palm zire 31	No. of Characters Displayed on PRS-505 Hi All, Now that the Sony PRS-505 is going to be available in the UK soon , I'm starting to get interested in E Readers. I wonder if someone could tell me how many characters can be displayed in normal mode & landscape view? Also it would be useful to get an idea of how many lines would be displayed. I'm asking this, as I can see that the reader would be useful as a way for me to to carry around programming source code (I presently have lots of pieces of paper holding code snippets, and examples). Nearly all the code I've got is based on 80 characters wide formatting. Would these display OK on the Sony reader? Would I merely have to change the extensions for the files (.vbs, .bas, *.c) to add .txt on the end in order for them to be read by the PRS-505. Many thanks in advance, Anthony S Hogan