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The Flash Survivor GT 64GB by Corsair USB flash drive

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Plastic Wrapped - Flash Survivor GT 64GB by Corsair USB flash drive CMFUSBSRVR-64GBGT

Plastic Wrapped - Flash Survivor GT 64GB by Corsair USB flash drive CMFUSBSRVR-64GBGT

Mine’s bigger than yours comes to mind!

I’ve been looking for a portable storage solution for a while to carry around some DVD isos, and VMware images but also wanted a sturdy pen drive.

Well you don’t get sturdier than this one.

  • Encased in extremely strong CNC-milled, anodized aircraft-grade aluminum.
  • Water resistant to 200M through the use of a EPDM waterproof seal.
  • Protected from vibration or impact damage through the use of a molded shock dampening collar.
  • Plug-&-Play with any USB 2.0 certified peripheral computer port (backward compatible with USB 1.1).
  • USB extension cable and Dog Tags included.
  • Protected by a Limited 10-year Warranty.
Flash Survivor GT 64GB CMFUSBSRVR-64GBGT with Dog Tags!

Flash Survivor GT 64GB CMFUSBSRVR-64GBGT with Dog Tags!

Flash Survivor GT 64GB CMFUSBSRVR-64GBGT unscrewed!

Flash Survivor GT 64GB CMFUSBSRVR-64GBGT unscrewed!

You may have noticed that the Corsair dog tag is upside down, I didn’t notice until after the photograph, am I supposed to wear the dog tag?

The 64Gb flash drive is quite long, and probably one of the longest flash drives around, it’s certainly not a short flash drive. It measures about 10cm long.

Some typical geeky, nerdy benchmarks for Read/Write

Flash Toolkit Benchmarks

Flash Toolkit Benchmarks - CMFUSBSRVR-64GBGT

CrystalDiskMark 2.2 Benchmarks

CrystalDiskMark 2.2 Benchmarks - CMFUSBSRVR-64GBGT

HD Tune Pro Benchmarks - CMFUSBSRVR-64GBGT

HD Tune Pro Benchmarks - CMFUSBSRVR-64GBGT

So, 30MB/sec for Read and 18MB/sec for Write.

So if you want a big, rugged, 10 year warrantied flash drive opt for the Flash Survivor GT 64GB by Corsair!

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Angus, dear Angus Old Fat Furry Catpuss

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Okay, so he’s not old, and definately not fat! But here he is again…..

Angus on box in porch, in full sun

Angus on box in porch, in full sun

Angus on box in porch, in full sun

Angus on box in porch, in full sun

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TomTom GO 520 Login Script Bug!

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Well, everyone else has got one, and I thought it was about time, I got a real TomTom. I’ve been using my phone for a while with a bluetooth GPS and TT, and after the mobile speed camera incident, I thought it was about time I upgraded to the latest maps, speed camera database from the guys over at Pocket GPS World (probably the best speed camera database in the World!), and live traffic services. (not forgetting bluetooth handsfree for the mobile phone – want to be legal now, don’t we PC Copper!).

The TomTom GO 520 is not the latest offering by TomTom, but you still get the latest “Map Guarantee” within 30 days of purchase, and I think they are a bargain at £127, from CPC Farnell. Elsewhere on the Internet will have you paying £160 – £199 notes! Purchase soon, the offer will not last long, as I believe these have now been discontinued by TomTom.

Tom Tom 520 SatNav with Live Traffic via GPRS (mobile phone)

TomTom GO 520 SatNav with Live Traffic via GPRS (mobile phone)

I’m using the Tom Tom with Live Traffic via Bluetooth mobile phone using GPRS, rather than the RDS antenna, which is another cable in the car. But the reason for this blog post is I’ve found a little bug, which on occasion, the Tom Tom loses the “dial-up” string to “dial the GPRS” connection. In the picture above, you can see there is an incident 10 miles away, with a delay of 1 minutes due to car breakdown.

So if your Live Traffic function no longer operates on your Tom Tom, and when setting up ther service manually, it prompts for login script, which should be automatically entered, this is what you need to enter.

The login script is constructed: at+cgdcont=1,”ip”,”Access point name”,””,0,0

e.g., Orange becomes: at+cgdcont=1,”ip”,”orangeinternet”,””,0,0

This is for GPRS!

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