Author: Dieter Buerssner
Date: 18:07:47 06/20/02
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On June 20, 2002 at 17:46:54, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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. I don't know, what you mean by "the problem". Do you mean that the move-list saved to a file is corrupted (even when you use 2 alternating files)? Or do you mean the problem, that it is practically impossible to avoid a power failure? Dietet
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