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  Laurent Angeli <angeli@sophia.inria.fr> asks:

> How can i, in a basic 2000, augment my chip memory ?

  There are two different answers, depending on how "basic" your 2000 is.
  If you have the original "Fat Agnus", which only supports 512KB of "Chip
  RAM", you can easily replace it with the "Fatter Agnus" (1MB Chip RAM).
  This revision will require you to make two minor "jumper" changes on your
  Rev 4 or later motherboard.  The other 512KB of Chip RAM will come from what
  you now see as "Fast RAM".

  If you want to install the 2MB "Super Agnus", you will need the special
  conversion kit that comes from a third party supplier.  It is a daughter
  board that plugs into the Fat Agnus slot (and connects with logic probes to
  a couple of other chips) and includes the second MB of Chip RAM onboard.

> Am i obliged to buy a graphic card to put memory in ?

  No.  Unlike video RAM on various graphic cards, Chip RAM is fully visible to
  the Amiga's CPU.  Once you have enough Chip RAM, you may discover that you
  need more "Fast RAM" in order to take full advantage of AmigaDOS' preemptive
  multitasking.

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