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Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators

From	Brian Patrie <bpatrie@bellsouth.spamisicky.net>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.apple2.programmer
Subject	Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators
Date	2018-09-29 12:36 -0500
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On 2018-09-29 12:24, James Davis wrote:
> On Saturday, September 29, 2018 at 5:03:12 AM UTC-7, Anthony Adverse wrote:
>> depending on what you're doing and how intensive it it, I read on a machine that had no practical way of producing random numbers, was to simply have it sit there count from 1-... and when you need a number you pull it out of the loop.  In the original case it counted while waiting for input.  But it could be adapted to other uses.
> 
> Doesn't something similar for generating random numbers occur in the Apple II monitor?

Yes.  The Monitor's KEYIN subroutine increments $4E & 4F whilst waiting 
for a key.

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Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2016-02-28 21:02 -0800
  Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators qkumba <peter.ferrie@gmail.com> - 2016-02-29 09:05 -0800
  Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators wssimms@gmail.com - 2016-02-29 09:07 -0800
    Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators Michael Pohoreski <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2016-02-29 12:57 -0800
    Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2016-02-29 17:50 -0800
  Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators Michael Barry <barrym95838@yahoo.com> - 2016-02-29 17:44 -0800
    Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2016-02-29 18:38 -0800
    Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2016-02-29 18:46 -0800
    Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators wssimms@gmail.com - 2016-02-29 18:53 -0800
      Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators Michael Barry <barrym95838@yahoo.com> - 2016-03-01 00:11 -0800
        Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators wssimms@gmail.com - 2016-03-01 05:17 -0800
        Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2016-03-01 10:38 -0600
          Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators qkumba <peter.ferrie@gmail.com> - 2016-03-01 11:56 -0800
            Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators Michael Pohoreski <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2016-03-01 12:13 -0800
            Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2016-03-01 15:32 -0600
              Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators qkumba <peter.ferrie@gmail.com> - 2016-03-01 22:47 -0800
          Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2016-03-01 17:28 -0600
            Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators Michael Pohoreski <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2016-03-01 18:50 -0800
              Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2016-03-01 19:25 -0800
                Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2016-03-01 22:03 -0800
                Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2016-03-02 20:49 -0800
                Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2016-03-03 14:48 -0800
              Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2016-03-01 20:02 -0800
                Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators Michael Pohoreski <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2016-03-03 07:48 -0800
                Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2016-03-03 08:05 -0800
                Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators Michael Pohoreski <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2016-03-03 09:24 -0800
                Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2016-03-03 22:51 -0600
                Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2016-03-03 21:34 -0800
                Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2016-03-04 00:50 -0600
                Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators Scott Hemphill <hemphill@hemphills.net> - 2016-03-04 10:47 -0500
                Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators qkumba <peter.ferrie@gmail.com> - 2018-09-05 20:41 -0700
                Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators Antoine Vignau <antoine.vignau@laposte.net> - 2018-09-06 09:13 -0700
                Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators qkumba <peter.ferrie@gmail.com> - 2018-09-06 10:33 -0700
                Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2018-09-06 17:58 -0500
  Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2018-09-06 22:26 -0700
    Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2018-09-07 18:08 -0700
    Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators John Brooks <jbrooks@blueshiftinc.com> - 2018-09-07 18:11 -0700
  Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators the.ertceps@gmail.com - 2018-09-29 05:03 -0700
    Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators James Davis <JPD.Enterprises@outlook.com> - 2018-09-29 10:24 -0700
      Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators Marco Verpelli <mverpelli@libero.it> - 2018-09-29 10:30 -0700
      Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators Brian Patrie <bpatrie@bellsouth.spamisicky.net> - 2018-09-29 12:36 -0500
        Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2018-09-29 12:41 -0500
          Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators Andy McFadden <thefadden@gmail.com> - 2018-09-29 21:06 -0700
          Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators James Davis <JPD.Enterprises@outlook.com> - 2018-09-30 19:28 -0700
            Re: Streamlining Applesoft - Random number generators "Frank M." <frank_o_rama@hotmail.com> - 2018-10-01 07:27 -0700

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