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Subject: Re: Further news in the Chessmaster saga (some parts are OT)

Author: Eric Gallula

Date: 14:03:38 03/06/01

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On March 05, 2001 at 20:21:26, John Merlino wrote:

>On March 05, 2001 at 19:49:12, Brian Kostick wrote:
>
>>John,
>>
>>  Thanks for the update. I am glad you seem happy with the new ownership as I
>>sure these changes can take there toll on a team.
>>
>>  I wanted to comment/question item 7 on your list. We are talking mentor hash
>>table. Heres a snip from 'Brian.ini' (where you refer to 'MyUser.ini').
>>
>>[engine]
>>ttable_size=21
>>book=Mentor.OBK
>>
>>
>>  I don't remember changing it either. Will the patch update this setting or
>>will it really take 21MB?  I think the snip I've shown represents old
>>Chessmaster hash style rather than the simple  2 == 2MB  style you talk about in
>>your post. Regards, Brian K.
>
>The "ttable_size" setting is obsolete in CM8000. The "book" setting SHOULD NOT
>BE CHANGED! If it IS changed, then I would suspect that many of the
>analysis/advice features would fail.
>
>I'm not sure why they are even in the CM.INI and USER.INI files, but there they
>are! Either way, these settings should not be changed in CM8000, as changing the
>first one would have no effect, and changing the second one could do very bad
>things.
>
>The ONLY way you will be able to change ANY hash table size will be via the new
>[mentor] group setting, and it will ONLY change the size of the mentor engine's
>hash table. The table sizes of the personalities must be modified via the
>personality editor.
>
>jm
HELLO JOHN!!!!

THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR INFORMATIONS AND HELP ON CM8K  AND ALSO FOR  YOUR

KINDNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very Best Regards,

Eric



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