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Martin Taylor decided to write out some FAQs for us, and we've included them on the CD. Remember these are all his opinions and nothing to do with Amiga Format.
I have installed more memory but I still get "out of memory" messages sometimes - why?	You're probably running out of chip memory even though you have plenty of fast memory. The Amiga uses chip memory for graphics so unless you have a graphics card, you will still run out sometimes. Try cutting down on the amount of chip memory in use by running Workbench in fewer colours or even by booting without the startup-sequence (by holding down both mouse buttons during a reboot). Try running fewer commodities at startup by removing some programs from the WBStartup drawer. You could also run programs like HappyEnv and Fblit which cut down on the amount of chip memory used by Workbench. And no, you can't add more chip ram.
I have installed an accelerator with 8MB but I can only see 4MB in the titla bar.	Some older accelerators will conflict with the PCMCIA port and only show 4MB if you have anything plugged into it. The only solution is to buy a better accelerator or stop using the PCMCIA port.
I have filled all the memory slots on my A4000. Is there any way I can use SIMMs that are bigger than 4MB instead?	Nope. The only way to add more memory is to buy an accelerator and add it to that. (Actually, you can use 8MB SIMMs in your A4000, but you can only use two of them, so the total amount of memory you can put on your A4000's motherboard is no higher - ed.)
I need more memory but I can't afford to buy any more?	Well, there's always virtual memory. If your accelerator has an MMU (Memory Management Unit) then there are some programs that will allow you to use your hard drive as additional memory. It will be very slow though.
I am about to upgrade my Amiga. How much memory should I get?	As much as you can afford. It still won't be enough though. 32MB is a reasonable minimum these days but you'll still run out now and then.
If you'd like to contribute a FAQ to our CD, simply send it in to the normal address. You don't have to write it in HTML (in fact, unless you use one of these pages as a template it'll probably be more trouble than it's worth) and it'll go on the next AFCD available.
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