[Corpora-List] TACT

From: Siew Imm Tan (xiuyin@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Dec 14 2002 - 05:29:01 MET

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    Dear list-members,
     
    I am trying to use TACT to analyse a 5-million-word corpus. Currently the corpus is in 12 txt files (approximately 3000 KB each). The corresponding tdb files are approximately 8000 KB each. My problem is that I have been having trouble merging the 12 tdb files. I have tried using the "mergebas" function as well as the "merge" function in Multi-Edit LITE to no avail. An error message indicates that I have run out of virtual memory.
     
    Does anybody know how I can merge the 12 tdb files? I know that TACT is meant for small to medium-size corpora but surely 5 million words is very much within its limits. I am working on a Pentium 4 desktop with a 40 GB hard disk. As Windows XP does not support a full version of DOS, I have partitioned the hard disk so that 2 of the 4 drives are devoted entirely to MSDOS. I have also installed Multi-Edit LITE and BE400 on one of the MSDOS hard disk drives and am working on MSDOS version 7.
     
    Can anybody suggest where I have gone wrong? I would really appreciate a nudge in the right direction.
     
    Best regards,
    Tan Siew Imm
    Postgraduate Student
    Department of English
    The University of Hong Kong
    Pokfulam Road
    Hong Kong


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