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Subject: Re: How to kill the Hiarcs 7.32 tablebases!

Author: walter irvin

Date: 08:56:08 08/01/99

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On August 01, 1999 at 11:34:37, John R. Menke, Sr. wrote:

>A time-saving tip...
>
>When I load Hiarcs 7.32 it takes 45-60 seconds to initialize the tablebases.
>That's a big waste of time, because I only need the tablebases if there are only
>a few pieces remaining.
>
>Things that failed to work:  Changing the cache size in c:Windows\ChssBase.ini
>doesn't have much effect on the initialization time. Insofar as I've been able
>to discover, it also has no effect to change the engine parameters from within
>the Hiarcs (Fritz) interface, or to edit the engines.ini or f5.ini files --
>because the tablebases still attempt to initialize each time Hiarcs 7.32 is
>loaded.
>
>THE SOLUTION... I created a new empty folder "TBs" at c:\PROGRAM
>FILES\CHESSBASE\TBs.  Then I edited the tablebase reference in
>c:Windows\ChssBase.ini file as follows:
>
>[Tablebase]
>Path=c:\PROGRAM FILES\CHESSBASE\TBs
>rem Path=D:\TBs
>rem CacheSizeKB=2048
>
>
>Now when I load Hiarcs 7.32, it takes zero seconds to initialize the tablebases!
>
>--JRM

myself it does not bother me cause on my machine it takes only 4 or 5 sec ,but i
think they should make controls over the program and settings much better than
they are now .i cant even get the ply setting to work . its a great program but
,even the manual is written for fritz not hiarcs .



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