Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:52:04 07/18/00
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On July 18, 2000 at 14:52:37, Peter Kappler wrote: >On July 18, 2000 at 14:00:29, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On July 18, 2000 at 10:36:08, Gordon Rattray wrote: >> >>>Sorry if this has been asked before... >>> >>>How much hard-drive space do I need if I want to use 5 piece endgame tables? >>> >>>Is it feasible to construct these using the program supplied on, say, the Junior >>>CD (using a PIII 800 with 256Mb RAM roughly)? Or is it better to download them? >>> I've only ever previously constructed the 4 piece tablebases using the CD. >>> >>>Thanks in advance for any advice >>> >>>Gordon >> >> >>You need a total of about 7.5 gigs of space, if you used them in compressed >>format as most everyone is doing (compressed files are actually faster on almost >>all machines due to reduced I/O bandwidth). >> >>Building them is a huge task. Downloading works better. >> >>Or buying the 12-CD set (someone is selling this). > > >Hi Bob, > >How far along is Eugene with the 6-piecers? > >Specifically, how long before we start to see some with pawns? > >--Peter I don't know. The main problem is that endings with a pawn are probably going to be over 2 gigs, which means many systems are not going to support them. Linux has recently added 64 bit file offsets to handle this. NT has had it for a while. But many don't. I shudder at the size. I set up for 120 gigs on the ftp machine. We are approaching 40 already. :)
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