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