[Info-vax] Prices of Microvax 3100's

[Darren Clark]

I found some 50 pin to 68p pin HD adapters for SCSI, and put some 147GB 
drives in my MV3100-40 (the BIOS doesn't see all 147GB, but VMS 6.2 and 
7.2 does, +don't make them a boot drive). They worked fine for me, but 
I've pulled them and put them in my AlphaStation. My MV3100-40 now has a 
BA350 case with 1-1GB and 4-147GB SCSI drives, and all I'm using is a 50 
pin centronics to 68 pin HC cable from the MV to BA-350.

Transfer rate is only ~2.5MB/S though.


Darren Clark

East of East Lansing, MI




On 05.02.2012 10:31 AM, David Froble wrote:
> AEF wrote:
>> Went to ebay to check this out. Entered "Microvax 3100" and got some
>> interesting results. A model 90 w/ 64MB for $3183. Is this for real?
>> There's a 3100/98 system going for $3950. I see other variations
>> ranging from $49 (1 bid) to $3175. Are these things really worth this
>> much?
>>
>> AEF
>
> Are they "worth it"? No.
>
> Not when you consider capability.
>
> But "supply and demand" will always dictate prices. The supply is going
> down, but apparently the demand (those still doing what they did 10-15
> years ago, and would be happy to continue doing the same) is not going
> away.
>
> The problem I see is that the MV3100 systems all used 50 pin SCSI disks.
> As far as I know these haven't been manufactured for years, and disks
> don't last forever. I was told that SCSI to SATA adapters haven't seemed
> to work very well. Have no personal experience.