Author: William Penn
Date: 23:34:22 08/03/01
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On August 03, 2001 at 01:37:05, Poschmann wrote: >On August 03, 2001 at 00:41:10, William Penn wrote: > >>On August 02, 2001 at 10:29:45, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On August 02, 2001 at 02:51:16, William Penn wrote: >>> >>>>I don't understand. Is there a problem in semantics? I downloaded my tablebases >>>>with the nbb and nbw extensions from your ftp site. It works fine... >>>>WP >>> >>> >>>They are larger. the .emd files add up to 7 gigs. the .nbb/.nbw files add up >>>to over 20 gigabytes. In addition, accessing the compressed files is actually >>>faster unless you have the very fastest scsi disks around... then they now >>>appear to break even. And for 1/3 the disk space, why not use compressed? I >>>do and I have fast scsi drives. >> >>I'm sold! But will .emd files work with my ChessBase/Fritz GUI with engines such >>as Hiarcs 7.32, Deep Fritz, Junior 7, etc.? >>WP > >On the Fritz6-CD there is a directory TB or Tablebases or so. In this directory >there are some *.emd-files. They work fine. The file names are sligthly >different to the names of the files of Prof. Hyatt ftp-page. If you rename the >downloaded files, it should be work. >In this directory there is also a tablebase generator. I generated kbb-kn last >night. It works. But if you have a fast internet access it is of course faster >to download them. >Ralf Poschmann Thank you. Now if I had a precise definition of the exact format required for the .emd file names with the ChessBase/Fritz GUI, I'd be able to do it with confidence. If you care to give me that info, I'd appreciate it, otherwise I'll keep my eyes open and perhaps run across it someday!? Regards, --WP
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