Aha! It has an H7821-00 180W PSU which makes it a Model 10. So now I know
for sure.

- Peter

On Sun, Dec 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM Peter Ekstrom <[email protected]> wrote:

> Alright, so the 3100 arrived yesterday afternoon and looks to be in good
> condition visually. The voltages from the PSU look ok as well. So I plugged
> things back in and powered it on.
> I don't have a console for it yet, but it seems to go through some
> self-test, the tape drive does
> some stuff as well as the hard drive. It came with the slightly larger
> RZ25 rather than the RZ23.
>
> I am getting some 6-conductor cable soon and will make a console cable
> for it. I'm very curious
> to see what it does on the console.
>
> I have a SCSI CDROM coming in a few days. I also have an old SUN external
> enclosure that I'll put to use for it as an external CDROM.
>
> Interestingly, it doesn't have a model number on the sticker, but based on
> what I have seen, and
> the pattern of the connectors in the back, I am pretty sure it is a model
> 10.
>
> - Peter
>
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM emanuel stiebler <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 2025-11-30 14:53, Peter Ekstrom via cctalk 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.
>>
>> Which 3100?
>> There are some very low performance 3100 at the lower end, and the
>> best(?) 3100/105 or 3100/95 still fetch some serious money.
>>
>> My recommendation is usually the pizza box 4000/vlc ...
>> Specially, if you don't know what you need it for :)
>>
>>

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