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

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 14:44:49 02/01/99

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On February 01, 1999 at 17:00:38, Marc van Hal wrote:

>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

Actually I believe the CM.INI file is for the Chessmaster personality.  The
DEFAULT.INI is the one that is copied each time you create a new personality.
If you change the DEFAULT.INI first then all personalities created after that
will have the default settings.
Jim Walker



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