Author: Chessfun
Date: 22:59:12 01/03/00
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On January 04, 2000 at 00:36:30, Harald Faber wrote: >On January 03, 2000 at 23:22:46, Chessfun wrote: > >>On January 03, 2000 at 17:34:14, Chessfun wrote: >> >>>On January 03, 2000 at 04:32:27, Harald Faber wrote: >>> >>>>On January 01, 2000 at 18:00:54, Chessfun wrote: >>>> >>>>>I downloaded and installed the patch h732sp1, then downloaded h732book. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Following is the readme file. >>>>>By courtesy of Mark Uniacke and Eric Hallsworth, a clearly improved book has >>>>>been made available to Hiarcs732 users. There is no need to do the conversion if >>>>>the files on your CD are dated July 1999 or later. >>>>> >>>>>To create the new Hiarcs book, please do the following: >>>>> >>>>>0. Download the Hiarcs732 Service Pack and install it. >>>>> >>>>>DONE >>>>> >>>>>1. Copy the file h732book.hbk into your root directory C:\\ It will work nowhere >>>>>else! You can delete it afterwards. >>>>> >>>>>DONE >>>>> >>>>>2. Start Hiarcs732 and create an empty book (Book - New Tree). Call it, say >>>>>H732.ctg >>>>> >>>>>DONE >>>>> >>>>>3. Press Alt-Shift-G to start th9e conversion. You will get some "Internal >>>>>messages", ignore them, they are harmless. >>>>> >>>>>GOT NONE >>>> >>>> >>>>Here the hiarcs.hbk or however it is called (have no access at the moment) gets >>>>converted to a .ctg tree! >>>>I am not sure but it may be that you should take the SP2! >>>> >>>There is no sp2 only sp at chessbase. Also i get no message just a letter g on >>>the screen. How can it access hiarcs.hbk, this is on c:\ per 1. >>>> >>>>>. Create a tree of strong modern grandmaster games. Taking the General.ctg book >>>>>of Fritz5.32 is a good choice. >>>>> >>>>>IS IT NOW CORRECT TO SIMPLY IMPORT THE GENERAL.CTG TREE TO THIS NEW >>>H732.CTG. >>>> >>>> >>>>Not now. >>>33> >>>> >>>>>IF YES, WHY COULDN'T I HAVE JUST COPIED GENERAL.CTG TO H732.CTG. >>>>> >>>>>OR IS IT NOW CORRECT TO MAKE ANOTHER NEW TREE SAY GENERAL1.CTG SINCE IF I MODIFY >>>>>GENERAL.CTG THAT IS FRITZ'S BOOK. >>>>>OR DO I COPY GENERAL.CTG TO GENERAL1.CTG >>>> >>>> >>>>You can choose what you want. *I* took the general.ctg, you may take some other >>>>book. It is recommended to take a large and wide book. >>>> >>>> >>>>>5. Right-click in the book window of the grandmaster tree and call "Weed Tree" >>>>>with the default parameters. >>>>> >>>>>NOW I ASSUME I WEED GENERAL1.CTG CREATED ABOVE >>>> >>>> >>>>Correct. >>>> >>>>99 >>>>>6. Call "Import Tree" to import H732.ctg (created under 2 and 3) into >>>>>General.ctg. >>>>> >>>>>THIS WILL IMPORT NOTHING SINCE NOTHING HAS BEEN PUT IN H732.CTG >>>> >>>> >>>>The h732.ctg is not empty, it is just a bit small, so that you expand it with >>>>the general.ctg, that is all you/we should do. >>>>And AFAIR it should be done vice versa, open the h732.ctg and import the >>>>general.ctg. So you keep the move preferences, you will find exponential values >>>>of 2 in the converted hiarcs book (1024, 4096 and so) >>>> >>>> >>>>>7. General.ctg is now your new Hiarcs732 book. >>>>> >>>>>THE FILE PUT ONTO C:\ H732BOOK.HBK WHAT IS THIS THERE FOR SINCE IT HAS NOT BEEN >>>>>USED. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Any help would be appreciated: preferably detailed:-) >>>>>Thanks. >>>> >>>> >>>>The file h732book.hbk is only needed for 1st step. After it was converted to >>>>h732book.ctg the .hbk has no sense any longer. >> >> > > >>Harold, >> Please excuse my ignorance but I am unclear on a few points. >> >>3. After creating this tree, and pressing alt-shift-g I get nothing other than a >>letter G below the gameboard and nothing else happens. How can it access >>hiarcs.hbk, this is on c:\ per 1. >> >>I am sure the rest will work fine once the above works correct. >> >>The only patch available at chessbase is the one I used. >>Thanks. > > >Hmm. I know there were/are 2. With the 1st it does not work, that is why shortly >after that there came out a 2nd. I have looked it up, the setup.exe is dated >7th October 1999 22:04, size is 1.607.336 bytes. Is this the one you have? I have patch called h732sp1.zip uncompressed = 1,605,040 bytes dated 6th Oct 1999. I just checked patch currently at chessbase is called h732sp.zip I am downloading that now. I will report on it tomorrow. Thanks.
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