30 Nov
2025
30 Nov
'25
3:27 p.m.
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 <wayne.sudol(a)hotmail.com> 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 <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> 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 <
> 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.
>