Tony,

On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 21:34:49 +1000, Tony Smith wrote:

> Intel (I think) had a plan a few years back to put hardware RNG on PC
> motherboards.  Can't remember if it was to go in the CPU (unlikely) or a
> separate chip.  Apparently it wasn't random enough.  I'd say manufacturers
> didn't want to cough up a few more cents.

I think I'm right in saying that DEC 10s had a hardware random number generator - based on radioactive decay of some reasonably safe element.

Cheers,



Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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