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Subject: Re: to GCP

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 12:33:02 11/02/05

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On November 02, 2005 at 14:17:32, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On November 02, 2005 at 11:50:08, James T. Walker wrote:
>
>>On November 02, 2005 at 11:42:13, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>>
>>>On November 02, 2005 at 11:38:07, James T. Walker wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hello GCP,
>>>>Does DeepSjeng 1.6 automatically detect single/multiple cpu in computers?  I see
>>>>not initialization file to set cpu numbers.
>>>
>>>It detects it, but it will default to using 1 CPU.
>>>
>>>DS 1.0 and DS 1.5 worked differently, but apparently that caused problems with
>>>ChessBase GUI's. *sigh*.
>>>
>>>--
>>>GCP
>>
>>I'm not clear on this.  In a "dual core" it seems to default to the 2 cpu mode
>>when running alone.  My question is basically what happens when running it vs a
>>single like Prodeo on a dual core machine with pondering on?
>
>This will cause problems, since during pondering, Deep Sjeng will use both CPUs
>and there will be no CPUs left for Pro Deo, or conversely, Pro Deo will claim a
>CPU and Deep Sjeng will run suboptimally since it expects being able to use two.
>
>--
>GCP

Thanks GCP.  I discovered this after my earlier post when my dual core became
available.  So at the moment I will run DeepSjeng and Shredder 8 with only one
cpu.  When I solve my connection problem (I hope) I will be able to run the Deep
programs on the 64x2 and the single programs on the XP2400+.
Jim



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