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Re: Need a good random number generator

From D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.apple2.programmer
Subject Re: Need a good random number generator
Date 2013-11-05 18:55 +0000
Organization Mac GUI
Message-ID <dog_cow-1383677722@macgui.com> (permalink)
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Marco Verpelli wrote:
> That's right.
> 
> But, can you find a suitable entropy source in the Apple// hardware?
> Joystick/paddle/mouse?

That's a good idea. Make the loading screen say "waddle your paddle" and
then get some seed from that.

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Need a good random number generator bpicchi@gmail.com - 2013-11-05 08:25 -0800
  Re: Need a good random number generator Marco Verpelli <mverpelli@libero.it> - 2013-11-05 09:28 -0800
    Re: Need a good random number generator qkumba <peter.ferrie@gmail.com> - 2013-11-05 10:26 -0800
      Re: Need a good random number generator Marco Verpelli <mverpelli@libero.it> - 2013-11-05 10:45 -0800
        Re: Need a good random number generator D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2013-11-05 18:55 +0000
          Re: Need a good random number generator Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2013-11-05 13:02 -0600
    Re: Need a good random number generator Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2013-11-05 12:59 -0600
  Re: Need a good random number generator Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2013-11-05 12:59 -0600
    Re: Need a good random number generator twalkowski <twalkowski32@att.net> - 2013-11-05 11:18 -0800
      Re: Need a good random number generator Marco Verpelli <mverpelli@libero.it> - 2013-11-05 12:43 -0800
        Re: Need a good random number generator Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2013-11-05 23:34 -0600
      Re: Need a good random number generator Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2013-11-05 23:34 -0600
    Re: Need a good random number generator Egan Ford <datajerk@gmail.com> - 2013-11-06 20:45 -0700
  Re: Need a good random number generator "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-11-05 23:26 -0500
  Re: Need a good random number generator  mmphosis <mmphosis@macgui.com> - 2013-11-09 00:38 +0000
    Re: Need a good random number generator Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2013-11-08 20:19 -0600
  Re: Need a good random number generator gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2014-02-03 08:53 -0800
    Re: Need a good random number generator Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2014-02-03 12:21 -0600
      Re: Need a good random number generator gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2014-02-03 12:00 -0800
        Re: Need a good random number generator  mmphosis <mmphosis@macgui.com> - 2014-02-03 22:26 +0000
        Re: Need a good random number generator Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2014-02-03 20:51 -0600
      Re: Need a good random number generator gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2014-02-03 12:00 -0800

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