SBA on (KNOPPIX 6.4.4 in USB Flash Drive + Wine)???

[Mersenne Twister]

SBA on (KNOPPIX 6.4.4 in USB Flash Drive + Wine)???

Is is possible to run SBA in this way?
If possible, is it practically fast enough?

 

[KenSmith]

I just tried running SBA 5.0 (Statistical Blackjack Analyzer) on Ubuntu Linux with wine. It installed fine, but when I try to start a simulation nothing happens. In the normal program that would open a text mode window. That may not work under Wine.

 

[Mersenne Twister]

Thanks for your reply, Ken.

Very sad.
I hope someone will find solution.

 

[zengrifter]

Does CV run on WINE?
If so that is the solution. zg

 

[KenSmith]

I think Norm reports having users successfully running CV, CVCX, and CVData under Wine. My attempts failed but I didn't really work at figuring out why.

Anyone else with experience in that?

 

[Mersenne Twister]

I was using SBA with (VMware Player + WinXP) on Win7 64 bit.

I found, SBA runs faster with (VMware Player + Win98SE) than
with (VMware Player + WinXP).

 

[Mersenne Twister]

Install Windows 98 SE onto a Flash Drive

I am a big fan of SBA(Statistical Blackjack Analyzer).

My PC is Intel core i7 and Win 7 64-bit.
My recent finding was, SBA runs significantly faster
with (VMware Player + Win98SE) than with (VMware Player + WinXP).
I feel, about 10 times faster on Win98SE than on WinXP.

and also, I found a curious thing.
This YouTube video suggests that,
Win98SE can be installed on USB flash momery.
then, may be, SBA will run even faster on USB-Win98SE,

If someone tested, please tell me.

 

[QFIT]

I am a big fan of SBA(Statistical Blackjack Analyzer).

My PC is Intel core i7 and Win 7 64-bit.
My recent finding was, SBA runs significantly faster
with (VMware Player + Win98SE) than with (VMware Player + WinXP).
I feel, about 10 times faster on Win98SE than on WinXP.

and also, I found a curious thing.
This YouTube video suggests that,
Win98SE can be installed on USB flash momery.
then, may be, SBA will run even faster on USB-Win98SE,

If someone tested, please tell me.

SBA has a problem with multiple cores and hyperthreading, which is probably the reason. This is due to the way it communicates between its front-end and the DOS box in which the sim runs. Basically, you need either a very old chip or very old OS that doesn't see the multiple cores. It's also one of the reasons CVData is about 70 times the speed of SBA on a modern processor. The newer the chip, the better. Should be over 100 times the speed of SBA on an i7-Extreme due out later this year. If you can hide the multiple cores from SBA, you may get some speed back.

BTW, on my new machine, I am getting 60 million rounds in one second. (Dead link: http://www.qfit.com/blackjackblog/?p=189)

 

[zengrifter]

SBA has a problem with multiple cores and hyperthreading, which is probably the reason. This is due to the way it communicates between its front-end and the DOS box in which the sim runs. Basically, you need either a very old chip or very old OS that doesn't see the multiple cores. It's also one of the reasons CVData is about 70 times the speed of SBA on a modern processor. The newer the chip, the better. Should be over 100 times the speed of SBA on an i7-Extreme due out later this year. If you can hide the multiple cores from SBA, you may get some speed back.

BTW, on my new machine, I am getting 60 million rounds in one second. (Dead link: http://www.qfit.com/blackjackblog/?p=189)

But will it run on WINE?

60m per second? That's 6B in two minutes? Is my arithmetic right?
Thats the #hands simmed that Revere paid Braun and IBM Data Center $6,000 to run in 1970 and took like 2 weeks on the IBM 704A?

Just wait untill you can run CV on a quantum computer... then we'll finally unlock the truly deep secrets of the game! z:laugh:g

 

[QFIT]

But will it run on WINE?

No idea. But, I run on wine quite well.

60m per second? That's 6B in two minutes? Is my arithmetic right?
Thats the #hands simmed that Revere paid Braun and IBM Data Center $6,000 to run in 1970 and took like 2 weeks on the IBM 704A?

Just wait untill you can run CV on a quantum computer... then we'll finally unlock the truly deep secrets of the game! z:laugh:g

I ran a Checkers sim on an IBM 7040 (a bit faster than the 704) back in the 60s. I've seen humans play Checkers faster.

 

[Mersenne Twister]

GPGPU is suitable for high-speed Monte Carlo simulation?

I don't know very much about computer.

I would like to hear specialists' opinions.

 

[QFIT]

Using GPUs for sims is certainly an interesting idea, and has been done. However, GPUs are known for fast floating point calcs, needed for many types of simulation -- but not Blackjack.