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Dom; I believe that the 030 is a bit faster than the 020 with many instructions. The cache is larger so loops that will fit in the cache will run much faster. The 882 is also quicker than the 881. The 551 doesn't matter since AmigaDOS is not using the MMU anyway. For most uses, I doubt that you would notice much different between what you have and an 030 clocked at the same speed. Yes, if you wanted to go beyond the memory on the 020 board you would have to buy and additional memory board. I suspect that you would have to buy an 8 meg board since I have not heard of a 4 meg version. Also, your numbers do not seem right….. I would expect to see the 020 board support 2 or 4 meg for a system total of 3 or 5 (without additional memory boards). The additional board would definately be much slower than the memory on the 32 bit bus. I am surprised that you got a 2090A (of course I am surprised that you got an 020 accellerator too). The HD is NOT attached to the card on the 2091 though there is room. You can mount the Rodime in the 5 1/4 bay using an adapter. I used a Rodime drive for several years. Shipped it across the country and it stopped working. Suspected rough handling but could not prove anything. Rodime has been in the drive business for many years and makes a good drive. No, monitor cables and pin outs are not standard. The Flicker Fixer port connection does match one of the IBM Video Port "standards" but you need to be careful. My Flicker Fixer manual states that the cable supplied with the monitor should NOT be used for all of the monitor listed except the NEC Multisync II. Redmond Cable can supply the correct cables (don't have their address but ask since many others do have it). 73, bill