Hi, as more people wished, here is the true h/w random number generator: White noise generator, design by dr. Imre Bartfai, 8/30/1999 +--------------------------------------------------------------------- Vdd | 220k 220k 5V | +---\/\/\---+ +---\/\/\---+------+ | | | | | | | Ge | |\ | | +------+ \ | EFT317 PNP +-----+----|- \ | | | / 220k | C | | | >-+----| |----+ | |\ \ | |/ \ +-------|+ / 47n | +-----|- \ | +--B| 220k / | | |/ | | | >--+ |\ \ | | 1/2 LM358 +----------|+ / | |E | | | | | |/ \ +----| |----+--+ + + + / 47k | 47n | | | | 1/2 LM358 \ \ \ \ \ \ | 4k7 / 1M / / 2k2 1M / / 2k2 + out \ \ \ \ \ | | | | | +-----------+-----+-----------------------+----+---------------- Vss Standard TTL can not be driven, but CMOS (and maybe LS) are o.k. The power supply must be filtered thoroughly due to the high gain! Regards, Imre