Swissbit VICTORINOX 128MB USB Memory Drive
Introduction
It was the Swiss who first invented the Swiss knife; and now they have gone a step further in their design. Swissbit, a mainstream memory producer in the Swiss market has come out with their own version of the Swiss knife called the VICTORINOX USB drive. Basically the VICTORINOX is a Swiss knife comprising of a USB memory drive as well.
About Swissbit ( from swissbit website)
” Emerging from a joint venture with Siemens Switzerland Ltd. Swissbit in Switzerland has more than 12 years experience in development, design, manufacturing and testing of Memory Products. With a production of more than 3,5 Million Memory Modules each year, Swissbit has become the largest, independent manufacturer of memory modules in Europe since 1999. The production is located in Bronschhofen (SG), Switzerland in an ISO 9001 and EN 14001 certified environment.”
The VICTORINOX comes in two flavors, namely a 64MB version and a 128MB version. Below are the specifications for the VICTORINOX along with system requirements for the unit.
Specifications
| USB Class | USB 2.0 Full-Speed compliant (USB 1.1 based controller) |
| Power Supply | USB bus powered, no external power required |
| Power Consumption | Standby 900 µA (typical), 2 mA (max) Full-speed 120 mA (typical), 140 mA (max) |
| Controller | Mass storage class controller ” ECC on the fly ” Automatic bad block management) |
| Supported OS | Win XP, Win 2000, Windows ME Linux 2.4 above MAC OS 9.0 & higher Win98/SE driver available Mac 8.6 mass storage driver available from Apple |
| Security Features | Password protection for private zone with SecureLOCK |
| Boot ability | Boot up with a USB legacy supported BIOS (USB-ZIP, USB-FDD or USB-HDD) |
| LED Indicator | blinks to indicate write/read status |
| Performance | Full speed read max. 1MB/sec write max. 0.85 MB/sec |
| Capacity | 64MB, 128MB |
| Storage Temperature | -20°C to +60°C (-4°F to 140°F) |
| Integrated Tools | travel-safe version: red LED, ballpoint Pen extended version: red LED, ballpoint Pen, Knife/Blade, Nail file with Screwdriver, Scissors |
