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Subject: Re: 01/28/00 12:43PM 2,014,826,249 krbknn.nbw.emd ---- Size?

Author: Jeremiah Penery

Date: 00:58:04 02/28/00

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On February 28, 2000 at 03:00:24, Gregor Overney wrote:

>When can we get those tablebases on DVD? Even using my fast link to Bob's
>computer system (and assuming this server is not currently "serving" other
>customers) KRBKNN would take me one hour. And that's just KRBKNN.

At 2 GB, what do you expect? :)
Even on DVD, you could only fit about 3 of these files on a disc.

>How large is KQQKQP? How about KPPKPP? Actually for KPPKPP, I would pay real
>$'s.

I don't think any 6-man TBs containing pawns have been done, except piecewise.
I'm not sure how big each of these is.

>Is it correct to assume that all those tablebases on /pub/hyatt/TB/six/ at
>ftp.cis.uab.edu are self-contained and do not require other tablebases to
>function?

As long as they don't have pawns, yes.  If they have pawns, it's best to have
all the promotion-class TBs to complement it.

Jeremiah



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