I am trying one last thing to get CB to work properly. I've purchased a GB
of RAM to go with the 512 MB I already have. Some time ago it was suggested
that CB eats up a lot of memory. On my machine it does use up a good deal of
my 512 MB, and CPU as well. I don't know why it should do this, since it's
not doing much of anything while I'm scrolling through games. Most of my
problems in fact occur during file maintenance, like saving games, renaming
files, etc.

I wish ChessBase would address these problems. I've had them with every
version of CB I've ever purchased and complained to them numerous times. The
German school of customer service involves sending an email asking some
trivial question about my setup, then just letting it drop.




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Does anyone know of a non-ChessBase database that reads CB files and can
use
the Shredder engine for analysis?

So, you're giving up on getting your copy of CB to run properly
Angelo? Well, we've been over that before.

I don't think there is any other program which will read CBH format
files and allow analysis by Shredder. If you want an alternative,
you're going to have to make some compromises. Here's one idea: there
is a full-featured FREE database program called SCID. You can find it
he

http://scid.sourceforge.net/

SCID will not read CBH files but it can handle PGN (it comes with a
tool for converting PGN to its own SCID format). So, you can first
convert your CB files to PGN. In CB, just go CONTROL/X and give the new
database a file extension of .pgn. You can then drag other databases
into it to convert them. Then import them into SCID and convert them
again. I would not recommend trying this for a very large database but
for a few hundred games it should be OK. If you want a big million-game
reference database, the SCID site may offer one for sale in that
format.

As for engine analysis, my guess is the Shredder engine will not
work with SCID, though you could try it and see. The SCID web site
gives links to a number of free engines (like Crafty), which while not
as strong or full-featured as Shredder, can still be used to help
analyze your games.

I still think it would be simpler just to get your CB working
properly but if you are determined to give up, the above information
may be of use to you.

Regards, Hal Terrie