Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 05:16:15 07/20/00
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On July 19, 2000 at 10:20:32, KarinsDad wrote: >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 :) That was roughly what I had found myself. Maybe soon...
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