Engine vs Engine Website

[PAKman]

Hi Everyone,

With 3117 hits/visits in the first 30 days the http://www.enginechess.com website is considerable more successful than I ever expected.

The site is an attempt to provided the computer vs computer chess community the information needed to have a competitive engine vs engine experience.

Thanks You for the Support
Suggestions are Welcomed
normpruitt@charter.net
Norm Pruitt / PAKman

[PAKman]

Hi Everyone,

The new website http://www.enginechess.com is alive and doing well, Thank You.

Whats New on the Site (Last 30 Days)

02-20-2008 ... Endgame Tablebases: 5 Man EGTB available at Higher Speed than PAKserver

These Tablebases have been upload to RapidShare.Com. Free Download for any file under 100MB. To download any file over 100MB you must be a Premium User. For these files you can join for One (1) month or download them from ftp://chess:chess@pakman.myftp.org/

02-16-2008 ... Endgame Tablebases: 4 Man EGTB available at Higher Speed than PAKserver

02-15-2008 ... Endgame Tablebases: 3 Man EGTB available at Higher Speed than PAKserver

02-09-2008 ... Playchess Engine Games: 2004-2003-2002 Games are Available by ECO Codes

02-09-2008 ... Computer Systems: Deep Fritz 10 Kilo Nodes Per Second and Relative Speed

02-08-2008 ... Playchess Engine Games: 2005 Games are Available by ECO Codes

02-07-2008 ... Playchess Engine Games: 2006 Games are Available at FASTER DOWNLOAD

02-05-2008 ... Computer Parts Reviews: Updated

02-04-2008 ... Computer Systems: Updated ($1294 Overclockable Intel Quad Chess Computer)

02-04-2008 ... Computer Systems: Updated ($999 Intel Quad Chess Computer)

02-03-2008 ... Playchess Engine Games: 70.000 games from 2008-01

02-02-2008 ... Computer Systems: Updated ($6300 Intel 8-Way Chess Computer)

01-31-2008 ... Free Chess Engines: Links Fixed

01-30-2008 ... Playchess Engine Games: 2006 Playchess Games Added

01-30-2008 ... Engine Tournaments: Updated

01-29-2008 ... Freestyle Chess: Updated ( Advice by Nelson Hernandez )

01-29-2008 ... Overclocking Section: Reduced some Voltages on PAKman Computer

01-28-2008 ... Other Engine Games: Quad Games Updated

01-24-2008 ... Overclocking: Updated

01-23-2008 ... Renamed Section: Computer How To is Now Overclocking

01-22-2008 ... New Section: FORUM
01-18-2008 ... New Section: People in Computer Chess

[Henrik Dinesen]

Hi Norm,

As you very well know, it's a great site you've made

Only pity is the download via Rapidshare
I don't lnow if you know, but for each download - talking those under 100 Mb - they extent the time till you can get the next file. During a whole day I've downloaded 7 smaller files. It would probably have possible to get 2-3 more in this time, had I been persistenly watching for "my turn" all day.

Seems counterproductive to me, and it's the first time I've tryed to wait more than 30 seconds for a free download. Clearly the aim is to get people to pay to premium members, but with some very aggresive means.

Best to you, and thx for a nice site,

[Ovyron]

Only pity is the download via Rapidshare
I don't lnow if you know, but for each download - talking those under 100 Mb - they extent the time till you can get the next file. During a whole day I've downloaded 7 smaller files. It would probably have possible to get 2-3 more in this time, had I been persistenly watching for "my turn" all day.

Yes, Rapidshare and Megaupload are the worst free sites around (and sadly, the most popular.)

I recommend http://www.zshare.net/ (For files under 101MB, and it's free.)

[PAKman]

Hi Henrik,

Thank You for the nice comments.

The download problem stems from my lack of space and monthly bandwidth provided by the Host Provider handling enginechess.com. My total web space in 730MB and my monthly bandwidth is 25GB. This is insufficient for the size of the files I am providing. After searching for many solutions I signed up with the host provider 1and1.com because of the 2.5GB web space and the 2500GB monthly bandwidth. What a joke they don't tell you until you sign up that the file size upload limit is 10MB which is useless for what I am providing. A person from Sofia Bulgaria ask for a file from the PAKserver that he had time-out problems and suggested that I upload the file to RapidShare for him, It worked. RapidShare allows for very large files that I could not otherwise provide at a responsible speed. All of the files are available at a miserable slow speed (usually 3kb) from the PAKerver. ftp://chess:chess@pakman.myftp.org

Thanks for the post, I am working on improving the server everyday

Norm
http://www.enginechess.com.

[PAKman]

Hi,

I must be able to hotlink file from the enginechess.com website.
Thank for the Suggestion
Norm

From the FAQ files at zShare.net

* Can I hotlink the stuff I upload?

No. Being an Ad-Financed website, hotlinking is not allowed on any kind of files uploaded to our servers.

[Ovyron]

* Can I hotlink the stuff I upload?

No. Being an Ad-Financed website, hotlinking is not allowed on any kind of files uploaded to our servers.

That means you don't link directly to the file, but you link to a page that gives you a direct link (so, you only have to click one more time and wait 20 seconds, much better than free rapidshare.)

[PAKman]

Ok Thanks
I will experiment with zShare.
Any improvement will help everyone.

Norm

[PAKman]

Hi Everyone,

Well the website is 2 months old and has over 5500 visits
Thank You
Norm
http://www.enginechess.com

Whats New on the Site (Last 30 Days)

03-04-2008 ... Opening Books: Tour Book 14.1e by Kevin Frayer / Frayer (Dated 03-03-2008)

03-04-2008 ... Opening Books: Takker Book by William "Bill" Fuller (Dated 02-08-2008)

03-02-2008 ... Playchess Engine Games: Updated -- 02-2008 Games from Spaghetti Chess

03-02-2008 ... Other Engine Games: Updated -- Quad CPU Games

02-23-2008 ... Computer Systems Updated: Fritz 9 Benchmarks and USB Stick Access Times

02-23-2008 ... New Section: Where to Buy ( Emails needed of your best parts experiences )

02-23-2008 ... New Section: This is PAKman and Friends

02-22-2008 ... Forum: Greats Jokes added What your Best Joke? (Keep it Clean Please)

02-21-2008 ... Computer Systems: Building an Affordable "Skulltrail" System

02-20-2008 ... Endgame Tablebases: 5 Man EGTB available at Higher Speed than PAKserver

These Tablebases have been upload to RapidShare.Com. Free Download for any file under 100MB. To download any file over 100MB you must be a Premium User. For these files you can join for One (1) month or download them from ftp://chess:chess@pakman.myftp.org/

02-16-2008 ... Endgame Tablebases: 4 Man EGTB available at Higher Speed than PAKserver

02-15-2008 ... Endgame Tablebases: 3 Man EGTB available at Higher Speed than PAKserver

02-09-2008 ... Playchess Engine Games: 2004-2003-2002 Games are Available by ECO Codes

02-09-2008 ... Computer Systems: Deep Fritz 10 Kilo Nodes Per Second and Relative Speed

02-08-2008 ... Playchess Engine Games: 2005 Games are Available by ECO Codes

02-07-2008 ... Playchess Engine Games: 2006 Games are Available at FASTER DOWNLOAD

02-05-2008 ... Computer Parts Reviews: Updated

02-04-2008 ... Computer Systems: Updated ($1294 Overclockable Intel Quad Chess Computer)

02-04-2008 ... Computer Systems: Updated ($999 Intel Quad Chess Computer)

02-03-2008 ... Playchess Engine Games: 70.000 games from 2008-01

[beachknight]

Excellent site, Norm.

Thank you!