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Subject: Re: I Still Need to Use CD for Access to Hiarcs 7.32 Opening Book

Author: Pete Galati

Date: 21:09:06 06/16/99

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On June 16, 1999 at 22:30:53, Terry Ripple wrote:

>  I did the Typical Install from the CD of Hiarcs7.32 and when i play a game of
>chess with the Monster it dont have its Opening Book. When i play a game with
>the CD it will have its Book installed! Is it any advantage to install the book
>on to the hard drive other than the convenience of not having to use the CD or
>using up more space and if so, what do i need to do?
>
>
>  How good is the end game play that comes with the program and if i want
>better, i understand it will take up LOADS of hard drive space to install the
>other Tablebases!
>
>
>  Just with the Typical Install, will i have 3 or 4 piece end game Tablebases?
>
>
>Thankyou for any help on this matter as there is little information available or
>i completely missed it.
>
>  Best Regards,
>  Terry Ripple

No matter how fast you CD-rom is it's too slow. You may get other recomendations
but in my opinion if you are concerned about HD space install the opening book
on the HD and forget about the tablebases. You may need to provide path info
about the book location.

Pete Galati



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