30 Nov
2025
30 Nov
'25
3:13 p.m.
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 <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> 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.