Author: Pavel Blokhine
Date: 08:21:35 11/20/02
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On November 19, 2002 at 23:52:01, Dann Corbit wrote: >On November 19, 2002 at 23:05:15, Pavel Blokhine wrote: > >>I just downloaded Ruffian.Now how do i run install it and run it? > >If you use Winboard, make these additions to Winboard.ini: > >"Ruffian" /fd=d:\Winboard\Ruffian >"Ruffian" /sd=d:\Winboard\Ruffian > >Configuration is controlled by the file ruffian.cfg. Here is what a sample >ruffian.cfg file looks like: > >RESIGN 700 >KEEP_HASH 1 >HASH 32M >EGTB_HASH_SIZE 8M >LOGFNAME "" >BOOK "cleanbook.bok" >TB_PATH "/programme/winboard/nalimov" > >Now, what does this mean? > >RESIGN 700 --> means to resign if down by a Rook and two Pawns. > >KEEP_HASH 1 --> Means whether or not to clear the hashtable. > >HASH 32M --> means to allocate 30 million bytes for hash table memory > >EGTB_HASH_SIZE 8M --> means to allocate 8 million bytes for end game tablebase >files to cache disk reads > >LOGFNAME "" --> add in the name of the log file you would like to use > >BOOK "cleanbook.bok" --> I made my own book. Yours will probably say >"ruffian.bok" instead > >TB_PATH "/programme/winboard/nalimov" --> This is where I store my Eugene >Nalimov format tablebase files. > >You can also use Arena. To use Arena, choose "Engines" on the top menu bar. >Then pick the first item "Install and Select" and click on the details tab. If >you do not understand what to do next, then click on the help button and it will >guide you. > >Maybe you can also ask in the Winboard Forum if you have questions still and >want to run Ruffian under Winboard. I have Winboard allright, but how do i add Ruffian in it? I am very confused
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