[cctalk] Re: MicroVAX 3100 ( was: Re: Re: VAX and OpenVMS)

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 <emu(a)e-bbes.com> 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 :) > >