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If you have an external cd drive just install right from the cd, you don't have to create physical floppies.

Nvm wrong thread

I remember someone else just recently wrote about replacing ram sockets for broken arms. They listed where they bought the parts etc. might be worth a search.

If your cd is known good it would be worth cleaning the cd drive. If you can format the hard drive with drive setup or whatever it's called on the 9 cd it should show the hard drive working.

Well that happens sometimes when working on this old stuff. You should be able to use the drive out of your Classic II to be able to get this machine running.

Is installation failing or is formatting failing? If you boot from cd and format the drive without installing os does that work?

Start without extensions, boot from cd, reset pram. What have you tried?

I have bought quite a few of these the past couple years and it just all depends on the machine. Yellowing broken plastics what accessories are included etc. there isn't a way to just throw out a catch all number and say that's what it's worth.

There was a pretty good discussion about music on old machines on here a couple years ago: https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/21189-is-audio-playback-on-a-classic-even-possible/?fromsearch=1

Just did a quick eBay search and there are two complete keyboards listed for 15-20 dollars if you're in the U.S.

Shreve was still a great place to grab 20$ blue and whites in the 2006-2009 kind of time period. Last I looked at their site they didn't have much of anything though.

Alright checked the rest of my IIvx form factor machines and here goes: Q650 with top vents only, has frame support, s/n FC4031JN1M1 Centris 650 has top and side vents, no frame support, s/n F1305BTNCC5 Performa 600 has top and side vents, no frame support, s/n F2247M8J3BN

I have at least one quadra 650 and performa 600 at my office I'll take a look at those too. (Yes I was obsessed at one point in finding cd-Roms and bezels and therefore kept buying machines to steal parts from)

So I pulled apart my IIvx today and verified I have vents in top and side with no structural support inside and no evidence that there ever was any kind of support. I couldn't find a useful date anywhere but s/n is F2249JWZ3BF if that's helpful. Now my Centris 650 does have support along with...

I would say it's far more practical than a single release cd. I usually like to install the original OS on whichever machine I'm on so I might need 7.0.1 one minute then 7.5.3 or 7.6.1 the next. Having everything up to OS 8 on one cd is well worth it.

Just did a quick look at my IIvx and it also has vents on top and side. I'll have to pull it apart some time to check for the sub-assembly.

That is the other thread I was remembering but I could not find it when searching so thanks.

I haven't yet pulled it apart its in my when I have time pile, but has anyone recapped these yet/ made any kind of capacitor list?

Yes those are all the parts to 7.5.3 but you have to put them all on a drive and it expands as a single image which can be a little tricky if you haven't done it before. Easier would be getting a cd image like the one I posted.

Even better search the garden for Apple legacy software recovery cd and then you'll have plenty of versions on one cd.