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G'day, >> How about a separate card for slots? Doesn't the A4000 have this? >> Have one slot that you plug a card of slots into. Yes, the A4000 does do it this way, however, stacking the slots vertically is not very efficient space wise. (You can get 8 slots on a PC normally, but you'd only get 4 if you went vertical (unless you had two banks of four, one at each side of the machine)). It's also more fidgety manufacture wise. >> That would make it easier to offer different models of Amigas while >> having the same main system board. All that would be needed is a number >> of cards with a different amount of slots for upgradability I don't see why there needs to be a difference in the number of slots on low end and high end machines. That is a very "Commodore" mentality. (No offence intended 🙂 ) (ie. put the A500 in a bigger box and add some slots then add $1000 to the price. Or the 1200/4000 thing. "If you want expansion you'll have enough money for a 68040" plus Commodores strategy of "Double the price per slot" ) You don't get penalised in the PC world for buying a 486SX against a DX/4 100 so why should Amiga buyers? >> The only thing to get around is the case and power supply. If they have a standard number of slots they will only need one style of case. Just IMHO of course. Sam Yates Montrose, Victoria, Australia. samyates@werple.apana.org.au samyates@ozemail.com.au