A2000 Upgrading Questions

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From: Richard Akerman
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 1990 20:21

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     I have an Amiga A2000 that I got in the Fall of 1987.  It has the short 
video slot and the 512K of FAST memory is on a half-populated board in the CPU
slot.  I have a number of questions about my upgrading options:

1. Can I use a flickerFixer if I get the Denise Extender Board (DEB)?
2. Since the board in the CPU is only half-populated (it has empty chip
   sockets) and in fact says "Commodore 1 MB RAM Expansion on it" can I get
   1 MB of chip RAM by plugging the appropriate RAM chips in?  Will this new
   memory be recognized automatically?
3. Can I upgrade to the new Enhanced Chip Set?  Workbench 2.0?
4. Can I use a 68020/30 board in my CPU slot?  If so, what so I do with the
   FAST RAM expansion card already there?  Are their other RAM boards that I
   could populate with the chips from the FAST RAM board?
5. Can I have 1 MB of CHIP RAM?  How?
6. If I can't upgrade, can I trade up to an A3000?

Thanking you in advance...

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From: akerman@qucis.queensu.CA (Richard Akerman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: A2000 Upgrading Questions
Keywords: A2000, DEB, ECS, Upgrading
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Date: 15 Oct 90 20:21:23 GMT
Organization: Physics Department, Queen's University, Kingston
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