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Subject: Re: Caveat regarding changing the hash table size in CM6000

Author: Marc van Hal

Date: 14:00:38 02/01/99

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On February 01, 1999 at 16:41:40, John Merlino wrote:

>Several of you have reported changing the CM.INI file to change the hash table
>size in CM6000.
>
>BE VERY CAREFUL HERE! There can be SEVERAL INI files in your Chessmaster
>directory and subdirectories, and it can result in you THINKING you changed the
>hash table size, but did not.
>
>Specifically, every time you create a new user, you create a new directory in
>the Users directory under your Chessmaster directory, and a copy of CM.INI is
>placed there. When you log in as that user, it is THIS INI file that is loaded,
>NOT the CM.INI file in the Chessmaster directory. So, you MUST edit the INI file
>of the user that you are logging in as (named USER.INI, where "USER" is your
>login name), rather than the CM.INI file that is located in the Chessmaster
>directory proper.
>In the other hand then Fritz5 Chessmaster also loves utiletys as Magnaram97 when you start to change the hastable in chessmaster it is adviseable to have such a utilety too als Rebel works good but Magnaram but Nimzo98 then again doesnt like it
>If you log in as "Guest", then I BELIEVE the CM.INI in the Chessmaster directory
>is the one that is used. I would advise against this, however, just to be on the
>safe side....
>
>jm



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