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Subject: Re: Are these tables already generated or do I need to run the generator?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 20:18:22 07/29/99

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On July 29, 1999 at 16:12:19, KarinsDad wrote:

>On July 29, 1999 at 14:47:34, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On July 29, 1999 at 14:37:47, Laurence Chen wrote:
>>[snip]
>>>Question: are these tablebases ready to be used or do I need to run the table
>>>generator in order to make it accessible?
>>Ready to go.
>>But you can also generate them if you like.  For people with a modem connection
>>and a fast machine with lots of ram, that is what I would recommend.  If you
>>have isdn or satellite link, just download them.
>
>How long (ballpark guess +- 6 hours maybe) would it take to generate the 3, 4, 5
>piece tablebases on a PIII 450 (assuming enough memory, does it really take
>512M?)?
>
>KarinsDad :)


3/4 will run in an hour or two.  For the 5's, way over a month.  Don't have a
clue how much over.  Maybe Eugene can give us a guestimate...  But _not_ a
few days, that I can tell you.  :)

Downloading is a clear winner.



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