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Subject: Re: Hiarcs7.32 Tablebases> Is it Wise to Only Install the 4 Piece Tablebases

Author: Melvin S. Schwartz

Date: 19:11:28 06/24/99

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On June 24, 1999 at 20:52:02, Terry Ripple wrote:

>I just installed the 4 piece Tablebases and dont have enough RAM for the 5 piece
>so now this means i no longer have access to the 5 pieces like i did before from
>the CD. Of course i could change the Path again and put the CD back in its drive
>when experimenting in 5 piece endings. So is it worth the trouble installing to
>your hardrive if you only have enough RAM for the 4 piece Tablebases? I really
>didnt notice much speed-up in accessing from hardrive compared to accessing from
>the CD! Any ideas are very much welcomed!!

Hello Terry,

I decided to leave the tablebases on the CD because not only would memory be a
problem, but soon there will be Shredder 4, and Fritz 6, and more, so what will
happen in the fall? Will you purchase one of the newer and presumably stronger
programs? If so, then you'll have all that space used up on your harddrive that
you may have to delete. It's not a big problem but is it worth it to install a
smaller amount of tablebases when you can have more on the CD, and, if what you
say is correct about the difference in speed, I'd just run it off the CD and
have more of what I paid for.

Regards,
Mel
>
>Thankyou in advance for any information you can share.
>Best to you,
>Terry



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