Author: Andreas St.
Date: 10:06:31 02/10/01
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On February 10, 2001 at 08:18:09, William Penn wrote: >On February 10, 2001 at 02:41:40, Mike S. wrote: > >>On February 10, 2001 at 01:32:39, Lin Harper wrote: >> >>> It's been a good while since I had to set the hash table settings for >>> CM6k. Just bought a new computer, can anyone remind me how the hast table >>> settings are done? >> >>In the CM.ini, via the setting ttable_size=##, where ## in an exponent of 2 >>giving the hash size in bytes. In other words, the standard setting of 20 means >>2^20 = 1048576 = 1 MB (21 -> 2 MB, etc., i.e. 25 -> 32 MB). >> >>> While we're on the subject, do we set the hash tables for CM8K in the >>> same way? Thanks in advance.... >> >>I have read, that it can be set in the personality settings in CM8K, so you >>would have to create different personalities for different hash sizes AFAIK. >> >>Regards, >>M.Scheidl > >In CM8000 the hash table size is one of the GUI options available whenever you >set up a personality. So nothing special is required. > >With CM6000 you must edit the cm.ini file with an editor such as Notepad. Change >the value of ttable_size= according to how much hash you want, which must be in >multiples of 2. It must be somewhat less than your available RAM because your >op system needs some RAM too (probably at least 32MB). If you have selected too >much hash, your hard drive will grind constantly and not stop. It's normal for >it to grind for a minute or so if you are near the limit, but then it should >stop with only an occasional click. > > ttable_size=19 hash 0.5MB > ttable_size=20 hash 1MB (default) > ttable_size=21 hash 2MB > ttable_size=22 hash 4MB > ttable_size=23 hash 8MB > ttable_size=24 hash 16MB > ttable_size=25 hash 32MB > ttable_size=26 hash 64MB > ttable_size=27 hash 128MB > ttable_size=28 hash 256MB > >I have 192MB RAM so could use 128MB hash, but find 64MB hash more practical if I >want to multitask with other software. For example I can run CM6000 and Hiarcs >7.32 simultaneously, each with 64MB hash, although of course they slow each >other down. >WP Hi, William you can use the pause funktion from Chessmaster 6000. If ponder in both progs is off, then both progs arent slow down. greets AS
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