🚀 go-pugleaf

On 03 May 2000 12:32:00 +0200, George Smith <smithg@rz.uni-potsdam.de> wrote:
>u35105148@telia.com (McRiley) writes:
>
>
>Thanks for the reply. I haven't had a chance to read News for awhile, due to
>problems with my provider; thus the delay in a followup.
>
>I'm using gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release). 

Ok, try to upgrade to the latest version and see what happens.

>
>> I have precompiled versions of Gnuchess5. I have a few extra flags from the
>> original and gained quite afew % extra in speed from those. Just tell me
>> how much RAM you have and how much you want to use for gnuchess's
>> hashtables.
>
>I would be using it primarily on an older laptop with only 32 MB RAM (no other
>programs would be running). I'm not sure how to calculate how much to use
>for hashtables.

I'd say a MB or so would be enough. 

>> I have also versions where I tweaked the timemanaging abit and fixed the
>> book code .It has a bug where adding "!" and/or "?" would do the opposit
>> to what it is suppose to do. Not fun at all I tell you :)
>
>Uh oh!

Atleast now I know why it played wierd lines even though I dodnt want it :).
Also, if you are going to make your own book, change the valuve of '50' for
"?" and "!" moves to something much higher like 200 or so.

>> Also, I have been working on a much better book and I constantly update it.
>> If you have access to ICC (www.chessclub.com) you can check out the handle
>> 'gnuchess' there to see how it does with the new code and book.
>
>My intended use for gnuchess is to use it with a book that I put together
>myself to work through specific openings. I would want to change the book
>from time to time, depending on what I am currently interested in.

Sure, thats easy.

>I would really like to get to the point where I can compile it myself. Does
>this seem realistic?

Yes, I really dont see why not.


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Stefan Fredriksson
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