Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 09:06:43 06/29/04
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On June 29, 2004 at 07:52:45, Norm Pollock wrote: >On June 28, 2004 at 21:37:13, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On June 28, 2004 at 15:28:39, Christopher Morgan wrote: >> >>>Question re # files for 5 piece CB EGTBs on DVDs >>> >>> >>>I installed the 5 piece EGTB.s from CB’s EGTB DVDs, and combined all files into >>>one folder. I wound up with 230 files, 5.83GB (6.263 billion bytes). I recall >>>discussion here that all EGTBs through 5 pieces was about 7.2GB. I don’t >>>remember the number of files. >>> >>>Do I have all the files? Perhaps I screwed up in installing, or CB has fewer >>>files for some reason, or different compression?? >>> >>>Thanks! >>> >>>Chris Morgan >> >>You definitely don't have them all... >> >>7.410471 gigabytes >> >>290 total files. > >Also, not all are needed. Who needs KQQQK? Any 4 piece v 1 piece is not needed, >or ones with KQQK*. A > >nd one more thing. Having too many 5man egtb files will cause excessive disk >access that may waste time. Chances are the ones CB gave you are the ones with >practical importance. Wrong. If you have missing 5 piece files, the program _still_ calls egtb probe code, but it fails. Best performance happens when you have _all_ tables as now any probe succeeds and the search stops instantly at that point in the tree... as far as 4 vs 1, there are plenty that need help. kppp vs k can certainly be drawn. Of course, use what you want. But all is better than some, every time.
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