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Re: SF-NN embedded
plus you will have to delete 7-Zip file from your comp once you have load the engine.... it is double work all over...
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I know that madly downloading everything must seem really stupid to a lot of people. Even I often question what the hell I am doing. It's like an addiction. I guess in a way it makes me feel like I am preserving a piece of history. Engine sites tend not to have a long shelf life, so I try and get while the getting is good, before a site goes offline and downloads disappear forever.
A few years ago, I had read that Robert Hyatt had a problem with his backups of Crafty, and as a result we are no longer able to download those ancient version of Crafty, because no one had preserved them. That story pained me, as Crafty really is an important part of computer chess history. Incidents like this are what motivate me to do what I do.
A few years ago, I had read that Robert Hyatt had a problem with his backups of Crafty, and as a result we are no longer able to download those ancient version of Crafty, because no one had preserved them. That story pained me, as Crafty really is an important part of computer chess history. Incidents like this are what motivate me to do what I do.
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Storing Stockfish's git history and the default nets is much more space efficient than storing every single compile. If the purpose is to "preserve history", this is more effective.
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I wish I had a noble cause, because for me it is simply an illness.tmokonen wrote: ↑Sun Aug 30, 2020 7:04 pmI know that madly downloading everything must seem really stupid to a lot of people. Even I often question what the hell I am doing. It's like an addiction. I guess in a way it makes me feel like I am preserving a piece of history. Engine sites tend not to have a long shelf life, so I try and get while the getting is good, before a site goes offline and downloads disappear forever.
A few years ago, I had read that Robert Hyatt had a problem with his backups of Crafty, and as a result we are no longer able to download those ancient version of Crafty, because no one had preserved them. That story pained me, as Crafty really is an important part of computer chess history. Incidents like this are what motivate me to do what I do.

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I remember having downloaded the 6-man syzygy tablebases using a dial-up connection. It took a week or so...
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Are you sure it was 6-man ?Gabor Szots wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 8:01 amI remember having downloaded the 6-man syzygy tablebases using a dial-up connection. It took a week or so...
I made a quick math, at 7 KB/sec, it would take 150 days ....
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Amazing he still had a dial-up service after 2013Vinvin wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:38 amAre you sure it was 6-man ?Gabor Szots wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 8:01 amI remember having downloaded the 6-man syzygy tablebases using a dial-up connection. It took a week or so...
I made a quick math, at 7 KB/sec, it would take 150 days ....

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I am not sure at all but I don't remember to have downloaded anything else and I am sure I would not have downloaded 5-man syzygy when I already had 5-man Nalimov and Gaviota. Unfortunately my memory is not that reliable any more.Vinvin wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:38 amAre you sure it was 6-man ?Gabor Szots wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 8:01 amI remember having downloaded the 6-man syzygy tablebases using a dial-up connection. It took a week or so...
I made a quick math, at 7 KB/sec, it would take 150 days ....
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And even after. We have had fibre optic in the street for only a couple of years.phhnguyen wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:53 amAmazing he still had a dial-up service after 2013Vinvin wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:38 amAre you sure it was 6-man ?Gabor Szots wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 8:01 amI remember having downloaded the 6-man syzygy tablebases using a dial-up connection. It took a week or so...
I made a quick math, at 7 KB/sec, it would take 150 days ....![]()
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How come? You have fiber optic much sooner than me (I have optic cable to my house only this year) but cable/ADSL services (not a dial-up) about 10-12 years. Download speed of ADSL is not that bad.Gabor Szots wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:14 amAnd even after. We have had fibre optic in the street for only a couple of years.phhnguyen wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:53 amAmazing he still had a dial-up service after 2013Vinvin wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:38 amAre you sure it was 6-man ?Gabor Szots wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 8:01 amI remember having downloaded the 6-man syzygy tablebases using a dial-up connection. It took a week or so...
I made a quick math, at 7 KB/sec, it would take 150 days ....![]()
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