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hansl · 01-27-2015, 07:55 AM

I still have a PRS-500 but after a replacement battery died I gave up

and moved to a T3S

.
I never cared much if lrf was not available as long as epub or mobi was available but calibred epubs or mobi to lrf.
A bigger annoyance was that I couldn't access the internal memory of the 500 anymore from a PC from Windows 7 on. Not even with Calibre. No drivers available for Windows 7 without the firmware upgrade. I'm not sure, however, if the upgrade fixed this problem. I fixed it with XP in a VirtualBox on a Windows 7 host. Another option was to ignore internal memory and use SD-cards.

Happy New Year,
hansl

01-27-2015, 07:55 AM	#10
hansl Zealot Posts: 112 Karma: 113786 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Germany Device: Sony PRS-T3S, CoolReader on 4'' Android phone	lrf not really needed I still have a PRS-500 but after a replacement battery died I gave up and moved to a T3S . I never cared much if lrf was not available as long as epub or mobi was available but calibred epubs or mobi to lrf. A bigger annoyance was that I couldn't access the internal memory of the 500 anymore from a PC from Windows 7 on. Not even with Calibre. No drivers available for Windows 7 without the firmware upgrade. I'm not sure, however, if the upgrade fixed this problem. I fixed it with XP in a VirtualBox on a Windows 7 host. Another option was to ignore internal memory and use SD-cards. Happy New Year, hansl Last edited by hansl; 01-27-2015 at 09:40 AM.