I have no problem replacing caps in PSUs so if that's the only problem I'm good. Although the battery damage you mention can be quite a bit trickier (if at all possible) to fix. Unfortunately many of the sellers on eBay don't really know, so it is part of the risk one takes. So I am trying to make sure I pay a low but fair price.
- Peter On Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM Peter Coghlan via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Very interesting thread. I was kinda thinking too that someone running > VMS > > on a machine for hobby use would be too small of a potato to go after. > > Incidentally, what would y'all value a MicroVAX 3100 at? I am looking at > > one on eBay for $550 but am considering making a lower offer. > > I have no details about it so don't know the amount of memory and such. > > > > I have about five or six MicroVAX 3100s and a similar number of Vaxstation > 3100s. > They were all given to me or rescued from being dumped so I didn't pay a > penny > for any of them. Almost all of them have had problems with electrolytic > capacitors in the power supplies leaking. The nicad battery packs would > also > have leaked if I hadn't removed them years ago. > > If you are thinking of paying money for a Microvax 3100, I suggest you make > sure it hasn't already been damaged by leakage from capacitors or batteries > and if you do aquire it, take immediate steps to make sure it doesn't soon > get > damaged by same. > > Regards, > Peter Coghlan. >
