Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 18:21:27 06/23/04
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On June 23, 2004 at 19:52:05, Mathieu Pagé wrote: >On June 23, 2004 at 11:49:20, Brian Katz wrote: > >>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 > >I dont exactly know how much space the (already) generated 6 men tablebase will >fill, but I know for sure that it will be lot more than the 23 Go you have. > >I remember Dr. Hyatt telling that he received a 200 Go HD filled with table base >from M. Nalimov... and this is not for the complete set !!! > >Mathieu P. In some cases, horse and buggy is faster than broadband.
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