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Photon · 20 December 2004, 20:34

Hi!

Wrote a routine to generate random numbers (0-65535). I start with a weird number for seed, I eor that with another weird number that changes for each time. Then I save the new seed, take it, divide by a weird number and take the modulo. I thought that would confuse it enough to make nice random numbers, but when I plot them a pattern shows up (the same number comes up several times in the number table).

Anybody have a nice little Really Random Number Generator (in 68000 Assembler of course)?

In that case, please share thy knowledge!

20 December 2004, 20:34	#1
Photon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Eksjö / Sweden Posts: 5,610	A nice quick small random numbers routine? Hi! Wrote a routine to generate random numbers (0-65535). I start with a weird number for seed, I eor that with another weird number that changes for each time. Then I save the new seed, take it, divide by a weird number and take the modulo. I thought that would confuse it enough to make nice random numbers, but when I plot them a pattern shows up (the same number comes up several times in the number table). Anybody have a nice little Really Random Number Generator (in 68000 Assembler of course)? In that case, please share thy knowledge!