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The Marsaglia Random Number CD-ROM needed

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  The Marsaglia Random Number CD-ROM needed Chax Plore <ftilojim@tznvy.pbz> - 2024-03-03 21:18 +0100
    Re: The Marsaglia Random Number CD-ROM needed David Malone <dwmalone@walton.maths.tcd.ie> - 2024-03-14 19:42 +0000
      Re: The Marsaglia Random Number CD-ROM needed William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2024-03-15 05:40 +0000
        Re: The Marsaglia Random Number CD-ROM needed Chax Plore <ftilojim@tznvy.pbz> - 2024-03-18 19:23 +0100
      Re: The Marsaglia Random Number CD-ROM needed Chax Plore <ftilojim@tznvy.pbz> - 2024-03-18 19:16 +0100
      Re: The Marsaglia Random Number CD-ROM needed Chax Plore <ftilojim@tznvy.pbz> - 2024-03-18 19:19 +0100

#318 — The Marsaglia Random Number CD-ROM needed

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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#320

Chax Plore <ftilojim@tznvy.pbz> writes:

>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.

Have you checked to see if you can get a copy from an academic
library? According to worldcat, the Institute of Technology in
Haifa has a copy, but a nearer library might also have one.

	David.

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#321

On 2024-03-14, David Malone <dwmalone@walton.maths.tcd.ie> wrote:
> Chax Plore <ftilojim@tznvy.pbz> writes:
>
>>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.

Why do you want it. You realise that none of its random numbers ae
random. They are all well known. You just describe them in about 200
bytes. 
So, why do you want them?
>
> Have you checked to see if you can get a copy from an academic
> library? According to worldcat, the Institute of Technology in
> Haifa has a copy, but a nearer library might also have one.
>
> 	David.

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#324

On 2024-03-15 06:40, William Unruh wrote:
> On 2024-03-14, David Malone <dwmalone@walton.maths.tcd.ie> wrote:
>> Chax Plore <ftilojim@tznvy.pbz> writes:
>>
>>> 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.
> 
> Why do you want it. You realise that none of its random numbers ae
> random. They are all well known. You just describe them in about 200
> bytes.
> So, why do you want them?

Because published disc contents cannot be trusted and I want to put 
unmodified disc ISO image on archive.org


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#322

On 2024-03-14 20:42, David Malone wrote:
> Chax Plore <ftilojim@tznvy.pbz> writes:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> Have you checked to see if you can get a copy from an academic
> library? According to worldcat, the Institute of Technology in
> Haifa has a copy, but a nearer library might also have one.
> 
> 	David.
> 

I don''t suppose that any non-academic outsider can request digital data 
from academic libraries.

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#323

On 2024-03-14 20:42, David Malone wrote:
> Chax Plore <ftilojim@tznvy.pbz> writes:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> Have you checked to see if you can get a copy from an academic
> library? According to worldcat, the Institute of Technology in
> Haifa has a copy, but a nearer library might also have one.
> 
> 	David.
> 

I don''t suppose that any non-academic outsider can request digital data 
from academic libraries.


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