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ant512 · 18 September 2003, 18:07

If it is an A1200, you buy a bare RAM board and fit it into the socket on that (usually 8MB maximum) or you buy an accelerator (up to 128MB in a single SIMM for the Blizzard 1230-IV). The RAM board or accelerator fits into the 1200's trapdoor slot.

If it is a "big box" Amiga, such as the 3000 or 4000, you buy an accelerator compatible with SIMMs such as a Cyberstorm or Apollo 4040 - early boards used ZIPs and other odd memory types.

If it is an A600, you buy a Viper 030 accelerator, install the SIMM and then clip the accelerator over the existing 68000 CPU.

Otherwise, you don't fit the memory.

Note that none of these expansion optionsconverts memory from one type to another - they all have dedicated sockets and logic for SIMM-type memory.

18 September 2003, 18:07	#8
ant512 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: California Posts: 965	If it is an A1200, you buy a bare RAM board and fit it into the socket on that (usually 8MB maximum) or you buy an accelerator (up to 128MB in a single SIMM for the Blizzard 1230-IV). The RAM board or accelerator fits into the 1200's trapdoor slot. If it is a "big box" Amiga, such as the 3000 or 4000, you buy an accelerator compatible with SIMMs such as a Cyberstorm or Apollo 4040 - early boards used ZIPs and other odd memory types. If it is an A600, you buy a Viper 030 accelerator, install the SIMM and then clip the accelerator over the existing 68000 CPU. Otherwise, you don't fit the memory. Note that none of these expansion optionsconverts memory from one type to another - they all have dedicated sockets and logic for SIMM-type memory.