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Subject: Re: Opening book for Comet?

Author: Peter Pilarinos

Date: 03:58:33 06/21/99

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On June 20, 1999 at 21:45:23, Michael Fuhrmann wrote:

>On June 20, 1999 at 12:06:52, Peter Pilarinos wrote:
>
>>On June 20, 1999 at 11:34:05, Michael Fuhrmann wrote:
>>
>>>I've downloaded various versions of Comet, but can't seem to find one with an
>>>opening book. Can anyone help?
>>
>>Go to GambitSoft and download version A96. Then go ahead and download the latest
>>engine from the same site, and unzip it in the Comet directory.
>>
>>Regards
>>Pete P.
>
>
>Thanks.
>I've done that now, and the weird thing is that Comet doesn't make its opening
>moves automatically (as any other program does), but pauses for several seconds
>before each move in the opening. This normal with Comet?

A several second delay while in the opening book is NOT normal for Comet. The
only thing that I can think of is perhaps you don't have enough memory for the
default hash table setting for comet; thus there is probably a lot of disc
swapping going on. Check the comet read me file. Good luck!
Pete P.



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