[Info-vax] Prices of Microvax 3100's

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

glen herrmannsfeldt wrote 2012-05-02 22:15:
> Jan-Erik Soderholm<jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com>  wrote:
>> glen herrmannsfeldt wrote 2012-05-02 20:43:
>>> AEF<spamsink2001 at yahoo.com>   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?
>
>>> There are many overpriced items on ebay now that will never sell.
>
> (snip)
>>> It might be about 10 years ago that I bought a 3100-30 for
>>> about $20, plus shipping. But now the prices are going up.
>
>> The -30 and the -90 are *way* different boxes!
>
>> 3100-30 :  5 VUPS,  32 MB max.
>> 3100-90 : 24 VUPS, 128 MB max.
>
>> The -90 was a realy nice system...
>
> That is certainly true. But for a hobbyist, the difference might
> not be so large.
>
> Even so, it is hard to explain the difference between $20 and $3000.
>
> -- glen

I agree. And as always with eBay, it's the completed *and* actualy
*sold* items that are of any interest. Anyone can ask for anything,
but as long as it's not beeing sold, it doesn't meen anything...

Jan-Erik.