[Info-vax] Price/Value of Used VAX 4000/700

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

Jim Hopkins <bwanajim at swbell.net> wrote:

> A local university has recently replaced a VAX 4000/700 with an Itanium 
> server (still running OpenVMS). I'd like to make some sort of an offer
> for the old VAX, just to keep it from going to scrap, but I've searched
> the internet and can't find any kind of example prices. I'm thinking no 
> more than a couple of hundred dollars if that much but I'd like to have 
> some sort of evidence to show that's the going price. None on ebay now
> so it's no help.

If you do find a price, it is likely too high.  I bought a 3100/30
some years ago for a fairly low price, about $30 with shipping,
but if you find one now on eBay it is likely higher.  Not that they
ever sell for the high prices, but people try anyway.

You should probably at least be higher than the scrap metal cost,
though that might be pretty low.  

There may be a few people out still running one, and would pay
a somewhat higher price not to have to port to a different machine.
That isn't a fair indication of the price you should pay.

I would say somewhere in the $30 to $50 range.

-- glen