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From: owen@koozee.enet.dec.com (Steve Owen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Adding RAM to an Amiga 2000.  What board?
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Date: 20 Dec 90 18:21:30 GMT
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I'm in the market for RAM expansion for my Amiga 2000.  I'm taking up one of 
the slots with A GVP scsi controller with 1/1 Meg of memory on it.  Taking up 
another slot with a ram card really wouldn't bother me to much, so I'm not too 
bent on getting a scsi controller with 0/8 Meg ram on it. (like GVP series II)

Here are my options: (Prices from Safeharbor catalog... )

8 Up! Board	2/8 Meg	$239
AdRAM 2080	2/8 Meg	$235
SupraRAM	2/8 Meg	$209

GVP scsi/ram
impact series
II		0/8 Meg	$220

My questions are this:
-	Do any of you recommend/not recommend any of these?  Why?
-	How much money (and what kind of chips) is needed to add more ram?
-	Is the included testing software any good? (is there any software?)
- 	Does hardware need to be set to test? (I had to switch a jumper to test
	the supraram that I had in a supra scsi controller for the 500)
-	Does the GVP controller have space to bolt on the hardrive (freeing up
	a drive slot), and how much would it be to add 2 Meg to it. (giving me
	3 total Meg instead of 4)

Please e-mail responses to:  owen@koozee.enet.dec.com.

Thanks,
Steve

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