Author: Brian Katz
Date: 08:49:20 06/23/04
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On June 23, 2004 at 11:42:19, Peter Skinner wrote: >On June 23, 2004 at 11:32:55, Brian Katz wrote: > >>I am presently using a DSL Connection........Will that be fast enough for >>downloading 6 man Tablebases.? >>I have created 4 partitions on my 80 gig Harddrive. >> >>C: Drive 20 gig for my OS and some basic applications like MS OFFICE and CD/DVD >>Writing Program, Back up programs. >> >>D: Drive 12 GIG, for Chess Programs and other Miscellaneous Applications. >> >>E: Drive 12 Gig, for most saved Documents that I manually save when saving from >>an Application like Word or Excel or Fritz 8 etc., or Copied and Pasted folders >>and Files from Floppy or CD/DVD. >> >>F:Drive 30 Gig, for Tablebase files only. >> >>Also, my Tablebase folder is in a partioned logical drive. The drive is 30 Gig. >>The Tablebase files I already have (All 3,4 and 5 men) is using well over 7 Gig. >>Since I will only have 23 remaining Gig to use,do you have any suggestions, as >>to what 6 man Tablebases are more important? >>And lastly, since with only one partition, it is recommended to always leave >>10-20 percent of empty harddrive space, for various reasons...(Operating System >>and Swapping being some of them), with a partitioned Harddrive, should I leave >>some empty space on the drive I am using for the Tablebases? >> >>Thanks >>Brian > >Technically a 14.4 modem is fast enough to download them if you want to spend >that kind of time. > >I use a cable modem, and I download roughly 10.6 gigs nightly (6 hour period), >so DSL should be just fine. > >Peter Thanks again Peter Brian
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