Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:02:55 12/11/02
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On December 11, 2002 at 22:59:51, Les Fernandez wrote: >On December 11, 2002 at 14:08:32, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On December 11, 2002 at 11:36:52, James T. Walker wrote: >> >>>On December 11, 2002 at 08:18:18, Bob Durrett wrote: >>> >>>>On December 11, 2002 at 07:35:38, George Sobala wrote: >>>> >>>>>Trying to ftp to ftp.cis.uab.edu I connect OK but there is nothing there - empty >>>>>directory listing. Where has it all gone? >>>> >>>>Crafty must be in bankruptcy. : ) >>>> >>>>Bob D. >>> >>>Yes, everyone knows that a college Professor can't run a computer properly. I >>>guess UAB went bankrupt because of it. >>>Jim >> >> >>The ftp machine is back up, with a bunch of new tables on it (200+ gigs in >>fact). >> >>A few points: >> >>(1) everything is not quite up. I have the crafty directories with source, and >>the new >>tablebase (TB) directory ready to go. I lost the .tbs files in the crash and >>will have to >>get Eugene to send those to me again. > >Hi Bob, > >Since the .tbs files are very small do you have an idea when you will have them? > I am sure it is just a matter of emailing them to you since they are so small. >Also were you able to speak to Eugene about the hardware we spoke about to get a >rough idea how long the remaining egtb's will take? 1. I am working on getting the .tbs files that were on the ftp machine back up, plus the .tbs files for all the new 6 piece files are already on the ftp machine. 2. I have not talked with (nor emailed) Eugene yet. I've been hustling trying to get the new ftp machine up, as well as playing with this dual 2.8 box some... > >Thanks, > >Les >> >>2. _no_ engines are going to be able to use these new tables yet. Eugene has >>sent me a >>preliminary version of the new egtb.cpp code to test, and it has been running >>just fine so >>far. He mentioned that he wanted to clean up a few more things before releasing >>it. The >>moral of this is "download all you want" but "do _not_ put the new tables where >>your >>engines can see them. " They will screw things up _badly_ and we don't need a >>lot of >>extraneous error reports flying around. >> >>3. There are a few missing files that I need to recover. The crafty.faq is one >>if someone has >>the latest one they downloaded. Also the crafty documentation files (although I >>think I have >>recent copies of these tucked away somewhere, just not on the backup tapes that >>barely worked >>this time). >> >>4. I am trying to get a second 100mbit connection to the ftp machine to support >>better >>bandwidth, but this will take a while. At the moment, 100 mbits is all you will >>get, >>although that machine can drive the network at near-wire speed... >> >>More later.
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