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Stephen, <<Is the 4000 that much different from the 500/2000?>> Yes…and no, but mostly yes. An apt anaolgy might be comparing a Chevette and a Corvette. Both are made by Chevrolet. Both have four wheels and use gasoline. Both can get you from point A to point B. You could gut the interior of the Chevette and install leather upholstry. You might also drop a high efficiency V-8 engine and a rugged racing transmission into it. In some respects, the Chevette would be more like the Corvette. BUT, it would still be a Chevette. There is world of difference between a stock A500 (AmigaOS 1.3) and a stock A4000 ( AmigaOS 3.0). As you upgrade the A500, these differences will become less apparent. There are limits, however to upgrading (ie: no AGA upgrade possible); and after all is spent and done, you will still have an A500. Incidently, AGA aside, software compatability is more a function of the OS than of the hardware. Many, if not most OS 1.3 era games do not survive well on OS 3.1 systems, be they A500 or A4000. Cheers, Marty ProActive Images Inc. "WE BECOME WHAT WE THINK ABOUT ALL DAY LONG" – RW EMERSON