Author: Steve Lopez
Date: 16:14:51 07/10/99
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On July 10, 1999 at 14:55:38, Christopher A. Morgan wrote: >Steve, That may be correct technically but if you set it at max >you will get a lot of hard disk thrashing, particularly with Fritz 5.32. >I get 42 max (with 64 MB RAM), but around 28 keeps my hard drive silent for the >most part. Any higher and hard disc is thrashed. >With hard drive thrashing engine isn't thinking, just freeing up >RAM so it can work. In such case Fritz will lose consistently. This is why the documentation tells you to hit ALT-F2 before the game, wait for the hard drive to stop thrashing, then hit ALT-F2 again. You can then start your game normally and Fritz won't lose on time. See my T-Notes column for Sept. 27, 1998 at www.chessbaseusa.com -- Steve Lopez http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Hangar/5176/index.html http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/chesskamikazes
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