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[amigadave]

DKB made a device called the KwikStart II for the A1000 that allowed the installation of 2 kickstart ROMs inside your A1000 and you could switch between which one you wanted to load at startup by holding down the reset keys for 5 seconds.  If you can find one, you could put a 1.3 ROM for playing games and a 2.04 or 3.1 ROM for networking and other tasks that require the more modern versions of the AmigaOS.   You can even leave one of the ROM sockets empty to allow you to load any kickstart from 1.0 to 1.3 from floppy disk still.

[amigadave]

Yes, they will work, but you are right in stating that you should have additional RAM.  1.0 to 1.3 kickstart ROM's were 256k, but 2.0 and above were 512k.  I know others have installed 3.1 ROMs in their A1000's, so I know they work.  I think I would rather get another model of Amiga to run 3.1 or higher AmigaOS on, but that's just me.  Good luck.