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Subject: Re: Speaking of tablebases....

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 20:19:34 04/22/00

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On April 22, 2000 at 21:16:58, Imran Hendley wrote:

>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.


a little over 7.5 gigs, compressed.


>
>
>>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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