Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 18:40:31 05/18/98
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On May 18, 1998 at 21:29:42, Dave Gomboc wrote: >I downloaded this yesterday, and am trying to import the PGN into CDB. >I have set the compression to occur after move zero (e.g. don't look for >any transpositions) in the hopes that most of the book will be imported >before my (64Mb RAM) machine starts swapping like crazy. So far I am at >85000 games, no swapping, but I don't know how long it will hold up. >Bob, do you know how many games are in the "wall" book? If I start >swapping, but I'm only 20000 games away or so from finishing, then I can >just let my computer get beat up for a couple of days. But if I am >200000 games away, obviously anything other than purchasing more ram >would be futile! let me put it like this... you are about 25% done. :) IE I think there are 330,000 games in the mother.. :) > >Incidentally, I have previously tried to import this into Bookup, but it >started swapping on me. Also, I tried importing into CDB with >compression set to occur after 100 moves (the default) but thrashing >began to occur at roughtly 50000 games. How well would a commercial >program such as ChessBase or Chess Assistant do with a 220Mb pgn file? > >The new Chessbase Light stops importing after a small number of games. >Is the old Chessbase demo still around? Would it import the entire >file? > >Dave Gomboc
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