Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:46:54 06/20/02
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On June 20, 2002 at 13:14:15, Dieter Buerssner wrote: >On June 20, 2002 at 11:33:30, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On June 20, 2002 at 11:10:52, Louis Fagliano wrote: >>>Besides, in a power failure don't most programs save the game? I know Rebel >>>does because in one game someone accidently kicked the plug of my surge >>>protector out of the socket and when I powered up and fired up Rebel, there was >>>the game and score still there. I don't know if other programs do this because >>>I don't want to power off my computer by unplugging it. >>> >> >> >> >>Maybe or maybe not. If power fails while you are writing to the disk, that >>file is going to be corrupted. Then you are screwed with no backup... > >On could get it practically fail safe, by having 2 different files. After any >move, alternate overwriting one of those with the current >move-list/PGN/whatever. The 10 msec or so overhead for each move would be >totally unsignificant for typical time controls in >"human-operates-on-a-real-board-tournaments". > >Of course, one could argue, that a power failure may corrupt your whole HD, but >then probably typing in the moves manually is the least problem ... > >BTW, concerning UPS. The operator of Yace at the Leiden 2002 tournament told me, >that in the game Isichess-Yace sombody walked over the cables and umplugged >them. I guess, something like this can hardly be avoided in general. > >Regards, >Dieter I don't see a foolproof way to avoid the problem. I have had power disconnected, breakers thrown due to overload. Extension cords pulled out on the remove end. Etc.
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