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Subject: Re: Slightly different question about Nalimov tablebase generation

Author: Eugene Nalimov

Date: 12:56:34 12/13/02

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Les, I believe I already wrote it here. No, you cannot generate 5 vs. 1 TBs --
the main reason is that TB generator does not include 5 vs. 1 access code, and I
have no plan to sit down and write it. I'd better spend those hours on something
useful :-)

Even assuming that code is in place, system has not enough RAM (and probably
address space as well) to produce TBs other than ones with 3 identical pieces.

Thanks,
Eugene

On December 13, 2002 at 15:51:37, Les Fernandez wrote:

>Hi Eugene,
>
>I have a friend of mine who has a MAC with OS-10 which has 512mb ram and dual
>G-4  1.25 Ghz cpu's along with a 100 gb hard drive.
>
>Question 1: can I use this hardware to generate the 35 remaining 6 piece
>"pawnless" egtb's?
>
>Question 2: would I need to have all 3-4-5 with and without pawns even if all I
>am trying to generate are the 6 piece pawnless tables?  I would think since no
>pawns are involved we may only need the pawnless tables for the 3-4-5 tables.
>
>Question 3: Since you are the expert in this field using the hardware described
>above what would a ball park figure be as to how long you think it will take to
>do the 35 tables.  My thought is that since these are the 5-1 tables they
>probably arent the largest nor longest sets to run.  Just my opinion.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Les



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