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Subject: Re: just in time ...maybe or maybe not ---- CCT 7

Author: Peter Berger

Date: 11:51:49 02/10/05

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On February 10, 2005 at 14:04:35, Anthony Cozzie wrote:

>On February 10, 2005 at 13:40:42, Peter Berger wrote:
>
>>On February 09, 2005 at 22:58:34, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>
>>>The dual Opteron 244 is still in  process of being built.  The company has
>>>promised me that it will be overnighted tomorrow - to arrive on Friday.  Little
>>>time left for testing.,etc.
>>>
>>>So at this point in time, the Crafty Classic code has not been optimized for 64
>>>bits.  Fortunately, I have received two different Crafty 19.18 Xp Pro 64
>>>compiliations for running Crafty (thanks to both kind souls) and I have the Win
>>>Pro 64 OS installation disk (downloaded from MS) ready to go.    So far , I know
>>>one of the 64 bit execuables will do 3.1M+/nps on the Crafty bench test in the
>>>planned configuration.  The other 64 bit executable could be faster or slower,
>>>but at this time it is not tested.
>>>
>>>My tests comparing 19.18 to Crafty Classic shows that 19.18 is stronger than
>>>Classic , so it is likely I will go with stock Crafty 19.18 64-bit with just
>>>some of my favorite Crafty parameter settings. (will be revealed until after
>>>tournament ends).
>>>
>>>I do not want to think about plan b should the box not ship tomorrow or should
>>>it not work.  Although all reports are that the latest Win Xp Pro 64 is one of
>>>the most stabled OS betas ever in MS history.
>>>
>>>Isn't living life on the edge grand...
>>
>>Just a tip: don't forget that you have to build new opening books on the
>>Opteron. The 32-bit books are not compatible, but it is not obvious at first
>>sight, because they *kind of* work (only content is completely screwed up :) ).
>>
>>Peter
>
>Does this mean Crafty will run with a special Berger Book?
>
>anthony

Nope. It was just a reminder for Mike (or anyone using 64bit OS and Crafty) to
not forget to rebuild whatever opening book he has prepared for the event.

I like the term "special Berger Book" ;)

Cheers
Peter



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