Ok, good things to keep in mind. And glad to hear I was right in thinking it seemed a bit high.
Thank you, - Peter On Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM Wayne S <[email protected]> wrote: > It depends on what the machine still has inside. > If you have to add disk and memory that will be expensive. > Also, if memory is missing, I’d be suspicious that the machine was faulty > from the beginning. > $550 seems like a lot for a machine, especially if it’s not running. > Just my opinion. > I got my 3100 about two years ago for $90. Just missing disc drives. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 30, 2025, at 13:14, Peter Ekstrom via cctalk < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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. > >> >
