Author: John Hatcher
Date: 02:33:17 06/11/01
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On June 11, 2001 at 01:21:13, Leen Ammeraal wrote: >On June 10, 2001 at 18:53:56, James T. Walker wrote: > >>On June 10, 2001 at 18:35:05, john rice wrote: >> >>>Hello, >>>I currently have the Nalimov "Fritz Endgame Turbo" Tablebases installed on my >>>computer. I would like to have all of the 5 man tablebases available. According >>>to the information provided by the Nalimov CD's it only has some/most of the 5 >>>man tablebases. What would be the easiest way to obtain all of the 5 man >>>tablebases? Would it be easier to delete the parital 5 man bases I have now and >>>then download all 5 man bases at once or just download the missing 5 man bases? >>>Thanks in advance, >>>Jr >> >>Hello John, >>The "easiest" way is to buy them all on CD but not the "cheapest". If you don't >>want to buy them the best bet is to download the ones you don't have. It's very >>time consuming if you are using a 56K modem. If you are on a cable modem or >>something fast then it's not so bad. I would skip the 4 vs 1 tablebases if I >>were you. I don't see a need for them. >>Jim > >There is another way: generating them yourself, using the Nalimov's >program tbgen.exe, after reading the file readme.txt. Then you >should compress them, using datacomp.exe. >I did this myself for 3- and 4-man tables, and I am about to >do this for 5-man tables (unless some of the readers of this >forum tells me otherwise). >If you cannot find the program tbgen.exe etc. I can send it >to you by e-mail, if you like. >Leen Ammeraal >http://home.wxs.nl/~ammeraal/ Leen, I'm no expert, but the advice I've seen posted again and again in this forum is that it takes LOTS of computer memory and WEEKS (not days - Weeks!!) to generate all the 5-piece tablebases. Spending $50 and buying the tablebases on CD will spare your computer and your patience. Just an opinion. John Hatcher
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