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The std A4000/040 comes with 6M RAM (2MB CHIP, 4MB FAST). There are 3 more std 72 pin SIMM slots to which you can add up to 3 more 4M SIMMs for a total of 18MB onboard. (Note: these are 32 bit wide SIMMs, so older SIMMs from PC probabbly won't work. I believe they are compatible with newer 32 bit PC SIMMs, though.) The SIMMs mount at an angle, so the SIMMs need to be front-mounted only, they can't have chips on both sides of the SIMM card. Installation is straightforward. If you don't have any cards installed, you just remove one screw, pop off the case (none of the connectors have to be removed), and put the SIMMs into the 3 sockect that are clearly visile at the left front of the motherboard. I got my SIMMs from Memory World for aout $139 for 4MBx80ns SIMMs. The price might have gone up due to price gouging in the RAM market in recent months. There are also 3rd party boards like the Fastlane Z3 SCSI controller card that allow you to expand up to another 256MB (using 16MB SIMMs). The Z3 board should be fast enough to use for realtime playback of anims from the Toaster. (Some older memory boards are appearantly too slow, and can't playback Anims at 30fps) I think that were a little better off with the 4000 than with any of the older GVP products when it comes to 'easy' RAM expansion. :^) (A GVP A3000/040 owner [$179/1MB SIMM!!]) Erik Flom