Author: KarinsDad
Date: 07:20:32 07/19/00
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On July 18, 2000 at 21:41:13, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On July 18, 2000 at 18:43:53, KarinsDad 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). >> >> >>What we need is a DVD version so that the program can get them directly from the >>DVD drive. Of course, this would have to be a DVD-9 standard (7.9 gig) in order >>for 7.5 gig to fit, but there would be enough room to put Crafty on as well. ;) >>;) >> >>KarinsDad :) > > >If you know of a reasonable DVD burner, I'll buy one. But I have not been >able to find _anything_ so far. I am slowly burning all the tables onto CD >so that we have a permanent copy, since my site is _the_ site to keep these >things and I don't want to take any chances. There is no such thing as reasonable DVD burners (yet). They range from $5000-$17000 for a DVD-5 recorder which stores about 4.7 gig. Not enough for the 3-5 man tables, but maybe enough for for 3-4 man tables plus several select 5 man tables that are often used. I could not find a reference for a DVD-9 recorder. KarinsDad :)
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