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Hi, Vicki. We've really missed you! To add RAM to your system, you must add the chips to a card. If you have a 2630 card, it probably has 4M of 32-bit RAM on it. If not, you might be able to add some RAM chips there. I have a friend who soldered some to mine. I think some of the newer boards might have had sockets for the chips. Or, you can purchase a card just for RAM chips. I have one of those, too, but it is 16-bit RAM – a little slower, but it does the job, and the computer uses the faster chips first. Most of these cards will hold at least 8M of RAM chips. If they are socketed and you get the right kind of chips, you could probably put them in yourself. I've done it. You just have to be careful to turn the notch the right direction and to fill up the sockets in the right order, and you should get instructions with the board to help you do that. I'm sure you have Gary, Paula, and Agnus. All Amigas do, but we don't all have the same revisions. And some of the newer machines have given new names to them. Agnus chips usually have either 1M or 2M, and the bigger one lets you do more with graphics. I'm sure the guys will all want to tell you all about those, and I wouldn't want to spoil their fun! I'm sure they've missed your input here, too. —Betty