> Does anyone have any other thoughts about how to get > random data from the outside world (it's important that it > comes from the outside and not from a PRNG). http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/joecolquitt/white_noise.html I built this for a gaming machine prototype. When used to start/stop/seed Timer0 and Timer1 it works well and was assessed as being statistically fair by NZ Internal Affairs. Because the circuit also has a MAX232 there was +/-8V available, but it wouldn't be too difficult to make this a 5V circuit, something planned but not done yet -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics