Author: Terry Presgrove
Date: 09:53:13 08/20/99
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On August 20, 1999 at 09:23:05, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On August 20, 1999 at 02:35:57, Mark Longridge wrote: > >>It seems when you execute a "book create abc.pgn 60 1 50" to generate >>the book.bin file, this destroys the previous book.bin and all the >>learned info! I've experimented with "import xxx.pgn" to add new lines >>to the book, and this appears to work ok. Is this the preferred method >>for adding to the book.bin file without starting from stratch? >> >>Also I've talked to Tim Mann about Winboard and playing two computers >>together via a null modem. It seems that because there is no rsh (remote >>shell I assume?) that this is a difficulty under Windows only, and not >>under Linux or Unix. If anyone as a work around please let me know. >> >>My email is cubeman@iname.com now >> >>Thanks in advance. >> >>Mark > >You can _not_ add new lines to a book.bin. Import won't work on a pgn >input. It expects to read pgn with a special note at the end of each line >giving the learned results for that line. Your "import" is therefore doing >nothing at all... > >if you want to add to the book, you have to do the following: > >1. save your book.lrn file as another name (learn.dat for example). > >2. combine your old pgn file (used to build book.bin) with the new pgn you > want to add. > >3. build your book from the new pgn. > >4. import learn.dat > >and you are ready to go with new lines, and the old learning stuff still >intact... It was not until recently that I came to realize why when I changed books the Crafty I ran on ICC always dropped in rating points sometimes significantly. I had forgot to do the points you just made. And as a result Crafty had zero in book learning. A couple of years ago I couldn't pass kindergarden when it came to understanding what makes Crafty tick today I feel I've enrolled in the first grade. :,) TP
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