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Scythe Co Keyboard and Mousepad Reviews
Authors: Matt and Brian
Date Posted: July 8th, 2003
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Bottom Line:
For hardcore gamers the Scythe Co. Ergo Diver could be just what you need to get the most out of your little pinky. For super slick mouse work the Ergo Diver MousePad is really slick. We put these two products to the test, find out how they rated in our official review...
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Scythe Co.'s Ergo Diver Keyboard
This could perhaps be the most interesting keyboard I have ever reviewed, OK,
it's the only keyboard I have ever reviewed, but before I introduce you to Scythe
Co.'s Ergo Diver, let me introduce you to… the one and only… the eternal…
Ronnie James Dio! (cue music)
Ergo Diver
You've been down too long in the midnight sea
Oh what's becoming of me
Ride the tiger
You can see his stripes but you know he's clean
Oh don't you see what I mean
Gotta get away
Ergo Diver
Shiny diamonds
Like the eyes of a cat in the black and blue
Something is coming for you
Race for the morning
You can hide in the sun 'till you see the light
Oh we will pray it's all right
Gotta get away-get away
Between the velvet lies
There's a truth that's hard as steel
The vision never dies
Life's a never ending wheel
Ergo Diver
You're the star of the masquerade
No need to look so afraid
Jump on the tiger
You can feel his heart but you know he's mean
Some light can never be seen
Ergo Diver!
Ahh Ergo Diver!
Ahhhhhhhh Ergo Diverrrrrrrrrrr!
Now if that doesn't trip you out I don't know what would! How did Dio know
twenty years ago in 1983 that Scythe Co. would release a crazy new keyboard
geared for the hardcore of the gaming world? Of course I am referring to the
FPS'ers and the MMORPG'ers out there, because that's who Scythe Co. targeted
with the Ergo Diver keyboard, available in white and black.
When I first saw the Ergo Diver I was intrigued because as far as I know, no
one has made a special
keyboard for gamers that still functions as a regular keyboard for typing
things like words or TPS reports. The Ergo Diver has all the normal keys, such
as the usual 26 letters and all the requisite punctuation, but they are all
in weirdo locations.
Upon closer investigation I decided that the keyboard just wouldn't work any
better than a regular keyboard, because if your fingers are on the arrow keys
there are no other keys around that you can reach.
Upon even closer investigation I discovered the hidden magic in the Ergo Diver
keyboard. If you move your fingers about 5 cm (I love the metric system) north-north-east
of the arrow keys and back to the oh-so-holy WASD position, you discovery a
veritable abundance of keys for your fingering needs. On a normal keyboard your
pinky realistically only has access to 2 keys, shift and control (caps lock
doesn't count because the LED is annoying), but on the Ergo Diver it's another
story completely! I'll be damned if there aren't like 5 freakin keys for your
pinky to mess around on: Escape, Control, Tilde, Tab and Shift.
It might take some remapping of your traditional config file to get used to
this key layout. For example you will have to replace the Tilde with Print Screen
for your console button if you want to keep the familiar key stroke. Oh, it
has blue LEDs too for all you case moding bad boys out there.
When my room mate first saw the Ergo Diver keyboard he was excited because
he wanted a small portable replacement keyboard for the keyboard on his laptop.
This might be an appropriate use for some of you. For those of you out there
who are looking for a brand new all purpose keyboard I suggest you look elsewhere.
For those of you who use the arrow keys for moving in FPS's you will not even
notice the lack of buttons around the arrow keys on the Ergo Diver. For those
of you with a few extra bucks and a desire to drastically improve the efficiency
of your pinky finger I highly recommend the Ergo Diver keyboard from Scythe
Co. Ahhhhhhhh Ergo Diverrrrrrrrrrr! For impracticality yet awesome pinky action,
me and Ronnie James Dio give the Ergo Diver keyboard a 7/10.
SLRating: 7/10
Now all they need is an optional key conversion package for IRC.
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