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The Marsaglia Random Number CD-ROM needed

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Good day, everyone,

I am searching for untouched version of George Marsaglia's Diehard 
CD-ROM. By "untouched" I mean bit-identical ISO copy of original CD-ROM 
disc.

Of course I found many copies of CD-ROM contents in Internet, but I also 
found that some of them are different between each instance - starting 
from details like different EOL format in source code files, and up to 
errors like some files totally omitted or being binary different from 
each other. This is too much for my OCD. I don't trust Internet copies
I found anymore.

I think sci.crypt is a good place to ask for potential owners of this 
disc. If it will be found, I plan to upload it to archive.org to 
preserve for eternity this undisputably important piece of computer history.

I planned to post my request on sci.crypt.random-numbers, but it has no 
activity.

More info, including photo of original disc is available at
https://github.com/jeffThompson/DiehardCDROM

With kindest regards,

Chax Plore

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The Marsaglia Random Number CD-ROM needed Chax Plore <ftilojim@tznvy.pbz> - 2024-03-03 19:15 +0100
  Re: The Marsaglia Random Number CD-ROM needed Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2024-03-03 20:03 +0000
    Re: The Marsaglia Random Number CD-ROM needed Chax Plore <ftilojim@tznvy.pbz> - 2024-03-03 21:16 +0100
  Re: The Marsaglia Random Number CD-ROM needed Byrl Raze Buckbriar <news0@octade.net> - 2024-09-09 04:12 +0000
    Re: The Marsaglia Random Number CD-ROM needed Chax Plore <ftilojim@tznvy.pbz> - 2024-09-11 10:31 +0200

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