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OK, I've been educating myself about sideloads of the firmware and can phrase some more intelligent questions (thanks for your patience)...
1) With the factory installed 2.8.0 (Aura) firmware, Windows can see the device properly. I've copied that installation to a backup.
2) I've downloaded the 3.3.0 firmware from MobileRead (thank you) and copied it onto the device directly. I unplugged the device, and it took the update. When I plug it back in, Windows (and Calibre) can see the device properly. Yay - this is progress.
3) I'm now at the stage of bypassing the registration, since that step is the kiss of death for Windows recognizing the device. I understand about updating the "user" table of the Kobo/KoboReader.sqlite and should be able to fumble my way thru that, but I don't have an example to use for 3.3.0. The 2.8.0 factory installation has an empty "user" table. I thought I might go thru an aborted registration for my new 3.3.0 device to get an example and then throw that away to repeat (1) and (2) manually, but of course, doing that destroyed my ability to look at the device in Windows to see the table. (Dumb).
So, where can I find an example of a dummy "user" record for 3.3.0 (Aura)?
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