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 The most recent version of the chip database file can be downloaded from this page in both .Dat and .csv formats.
 
+## Chip updater
+
+ IMSProg_database_update uses the zenity graphical Gnome utility.  Once started, it copies the downloaded database to the ~/.local/imsprog folder. The script then displays the number of of chips in the database before and after the upgrade.
 
 ## List of supported chips