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Subject: Speaking of tablebases....

Author: Imran Hendley

Date: 18:16:58 04/22/00

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On April 22, 2000 at 19:44:03, Pete Galati wrote:

What is the size of ALL 5-man TB's? I would like to know before downloading
them. Thanks.


>Goto ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/
>
>On April 22, 2000 at 18:17:35, Stephen A. Boak wrote:
>
>>I have an adjourned club game to analyze that involves 7 pieces: krpp v krp.
>>
>>I have Fritz6a software with an included Crafty engine.  Both can use Nalimov
>>endgame tablebase files, but the Fritz6a CD only contains up to 4-piece files.
>>
>>I need the following 3 EGTBs (Nalimov compressed):
>>
>>   krrkr, kqrkr, krpkr
>>
>>I tried to use the Fritz6 EGTB generator software to create the first of these
>>files on my 500Mhz PC, but after 12 hours I halted the generator.  I have heard
>>it may take days or even weeks to create the larger files and didn't know when
>>the process would end.
>>
>>Now I am trying to locate a site where I can download the needed files.
>>
>>I can't seem to get into the Hyatt UAB site (down for construction, per home
>>page), nor connect to the ftp site there for downloading.
>>
>>Where is the best site to download the files?  (I am in Los Angeles, California,
>>USA)
>>
>>Where exactly on the site are the files located?
>>
>>Do I need FTP software to download them?  (I have beta version of WC_FTP Pro)
>>
>>What FTP software is best (easiest) to use?  I'm trying freeware or free trial
>>versions to begin with, but a commercial version is not out of the question.
>>
>>Thanks in advance for any provided help!
>>
>>--Steve Boak



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