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Subject: Re: Dr. Hyatt's FTP Endgame TB's question

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 05:15:15 08/15/00

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On August 14, 2000 at 22:55:26, Chessfun wrote:

>On August 14, 2000 at 22:48:12, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On August 14, 2000 at 22:21:19, Chessfun wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On the Hiarcs CD or Fritz 6 CD I had always the tablebases were
>>>complete 4 man and a few 5 man.
>>>
>>>Seems Hiarcs has more than Fritz but that neither is complete.
>>>
>>>At Dr. Hyatts site the files under 4 man and 5 man are also emd
>>>format the same as the files on the discs.
>>>
>>>After copying the disc to harddrive can I simply download Dr. Hyatts
>>>files to the same directory, as this seems easier than generating them
>>>especially with a cable connection to the internet.
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>
>>
>>Should work fine.  Note that you will need about 7.5 gigs to hold all the 3-4-5
>>piece files on my ftp machine.  We have _every_ possible 3-4-5 piece file done
>>including the 4 vs 1 files.
>
>
>Hmmm that's odd. I tried and then F6 would not start till I removed
>the ones I had downloaded.
>
>I will try again. Seems the F6 disc has almost all 4 man, I created
>the other couple with the F6 tablebase generator.
>
>I will try a couple of 5 man and see if it will start then.
>
>Thanks.

Make _certain_ that you download them in binary mode.  And watch that the
filename stays the same and the size stays the same.  If everything goes OK,
things should work fine.




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