Author: Albert Silver
Date: 14:18:24 01/17/02
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On January 17, 2002 at 14:21:36, Roy Eassa wrote:
>But I have a question: if the complete 3-4-5 set requires 11 CD-ROMs of 650 MB
>apiece, how can it fit on only 9 CDs of 700 MB apiece?
>
>Even if the last of the 11 CDs is only 1% full (i.e., 10.01 CDs-worth of 650 MB
>apiece), that would still be more than 9 CDs of 700 MB.
>
>Is this really the full set?
A fair question. No, there are a few that were deliberately removed in order to
save space as they had absolutely no practical value. Truly. For example:
King + 3 queens vs. King
King + 3 rooks vs. King
King + 2 queens + 1 rook vs. King
This reduced the number of files from a maximum of 290 files to 240 files.
Albert
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>On January 17, 2002 at 14:17:12, Roy Eassa wrote:
>
>>On January 16, 2002 at 19:34:52, Albert Silver wrote:
>>
>>>On January 16, 2002 at 17:51:06, Mike S. wrote:
>>>
>>>>http://www.tablebases.com/products.asp
>>>>
>>>>:o)
>>>
>>>Just for fun I sent them an e-mail:
>>>
>>>Dear Sir,
>>>
>>>I have been considering getting a complete set of tablebases for quite some
>>>time, but never got around to doing so. Since Millennium is out of business now,
>>>I have been forced to narrow down my options. Would you consider your set to be
>>>superior in any way? How much does it go for? The most complete set I saw was
>>>at Convekta (http://store.convekta.com/shop_model.asp?gid=121&sView=Catalog)
>>>taking up a mere 9 CDs.
>>>
>>> Albert Silver
>>
>>
>>FYI, direct link to the relevant page is:
>>
>>http://products.convekta.com/234/2/
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