maybe read an input 8 times putting the values into a byte.

might work.. i am not sure.

Andy K
N1YEW

On Wed, 10 May 2000 07:48:03 +1000 "Plunkett, Dennis"
<dplunkett@AIRINTER.COM.AU> writes:
>         This is totally correct, generation is not easy! Ask IBM
> about the
> RNDU function that they had. Said it was random, seems that after a
> period
> of time it is not, and a pattern emerges.
> If you want some random numbers to put into a lookup table, try to
> find
> those generated by the Random corp
>
> Dennis
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kevin Maciunas [SMTP:kevin@CS.ADELAIDE.EDU.AU]
> > Sent: Tuesday, 9 May 2000 9:57
> > To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> > Subject:      Re: Generating Random Numbers?
> >
> > Not wishing to sound disheartening, the generation of RN's or even
> good
> > PRN's is really tricky.  I'd suggest you check out the random
> number
> > section of
> > http://www.mathcom.com/nafaq/index.html to source the information
> you
> > need.
> >
> > This is a really, really well trodden field.
> >
> > Cheers
> > /Kevin
> > ---
> > Kevin J. Maciunas
> kevin@cs.adelaide.edu.au
> > Department of Computer Science  PH: +61-8-8303-5586
> > The University of Adelaide              FAX:+61-8-8303-4366
> > Adelaide 5005 South Australia

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