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I'm glad I stayed out of this war of attrition…
The other day, I let an Abuelita at goodwill bid me up $15 over my initial bid on one DMG and 15 games.
Not my proudest moment, beating a Mexican grandmother in a Goodwill auction for a single Game boy…
The keyboard I've used is an Inland Model #70009.
It's got membrane switches and low profile keys, it's a pretty basic modern keyboard – not clicky. The clean lines and minimalist design make it look pretty easily like it could be a musical instrument.
As for a cable intact, paint-only keyboard, how do you feel about $30? I'd need to check what U.S. shipping would be, I haven't really looked into that yet to gauge how it would or should affect pricing.
I mean, they're still being made, and I'm under the impression Oliver got a new batch from the factory within the last month or two.
I'll probably get one sooner or later. 
EDIT: Also. I bought another CGB today with something close to that same money, lol. Priorities.
Awwww.
That's ok. kitsch deserves it, and he's a better artist, so that really makes more sense anyway.
Sweet! I can't in good conscience ask you to hold it for me or anything, but I want to give you $30 real bad as soon as I have that very $30. Hopefully that can be in less than a day or two.
Guys, let's write a new tracker just in honor of this analogy, and call it BYOT:
Bring Your Own Tracker.
making more gameboy trackers for us is like bringing beer to a bar.
I cannot conceive how you are going to fit all of that shit in there without multiple breakout boxes.
That's not to be critical, I'm just awestruck. I've spent a lot of time looking for the smallest possible parts to do things like internal PS/2 ports.
Out of curiosity, were there any accessories, manuals, or what have you that came with Nanoloop One?
If so, are they included?
Kitsch-Bent: Where Beautiful Thinks Happen
Oh man, I just saw that the easy_CLK boards are sold out on the site. 
Do you have an ETA on when those might be back? I want to put those in pretty much every non-stock DMG I have.
Those full-silicone button sets look fresh to death, too. Are you going to make them all match the translucent start/select buttons? That'd probably become my new default button set if so.
This is completely aesthetic, but since you already have a mold made for start/select buttons, have you considered making repro "play it loud" start/select buttons? I'd love to be able to just get a full set of those if I ever needed them.
Thank you for making beautiful thinks, kitsch. 
EDIT: I just noticed my typo on "beautiful things," but I've decided to leave it, as I am also quite certain your thinks are beautiful as well.
It's all good, dude. I appreciate your input and the advice, and I did explicitly ask for the opinions of the community at large about potential demand and reasonable pricing. I chose to use more expensive materials up front for my personal one (new keyboard out of the box, nicer plastic-specific paints, et cetera), so my up-front production costs were a little higher than what you've personally described from your build. I've not had much luck finding bargain-basement OEM Nintendo parts locally, so that's another complication that would cut into my potential return on investment.
For now, I could consider doing a couple more at a reduced price that are just painted and don't have the wiring modified (or include adapters) – then I can use my leftover materials and get a bit back to re-invest in more hardware mod R&D. 
I understand that the demand for that might not exist, though. It'd assume you are providing your own PS/2 to Game Boy Adapter, or that you intend to modify the wiring yourself to your own liking.
I'm not opposed to using a different base color than red – the base color gets used the most, so that can empties fastest; red is just what I already have available. I'm assuming most people don't want the piano keys to be colors other than traditional black & white, so if I kept the other keys the same and made a couple of base coat variations, that's a lot more "custom" with one change in production.
Since my LSDj keyboard seems to have been well received, I posted a thread in the Trading Post asking if anyone would be interested in me making them a keyboard as well, seeing as I have the tools and many leftover materials.
Tangentially, I realized that the same paint colors could be used to make a Frankenstrat-styled DMG case… I probably won't being able to resist doing that when I get a couple of new cases.
Greetings, chip comrades!
I recently finished an LSDj keyboard, which I posted about in the Nintendo Handhelds "Customized Gear" Thread.
For the sake of convenience, here's the picture of it again:
Due to the nature of the tools and supplies to make them, I have extra paint, along with the extra raw materials to pretty easily make a few more of these – not to mention my now methodical technique. I used a new keyboard, and should be able to get identical ones fairly easily. I prefer making adapters over replacing the PS/2 connection, and I'll be getting supplies to make a batch of those in the next few days.
Upon realizing all of this, I looked around and didn't readily find anyone else selling LSDj keyboards anymore.
That said, if I built more of these, would anyone want an LSDj Keyboard & PS/2 to DMG adapter set? What would that be worth to you?
I remember seeing unpainted PS/2 cable replacement ones go for $50 back in the day, but I am not sure what the market rate is these days.
I think the quickfire has a mini-usb to usb cable with a usb to ps/2 adapter. I've seen a few reviews and I recall them coming with some red wasd keys and a keycap puller, too.
I'm not familiar with the quickfire keyboards, but you can get a keycap puller and red WASD keys aftermarket from NewEgg.
I'm not that experienced with Piggy, but I understand to be multiplatform, so it runs natively on most operating systems.
Having LSDj Keyboard functionality in an emulator would be rad, but for that to work, the emulator would have to be able to replicate link cable input. I don't know if any emulators exist that can do that.
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