>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.

<VBG> I wonder if it would be classed as "reasonably safe" now. We have an
Fe55 source here for checking out some detectors, and it gets the "full
treatment" in terms of notices on the lab door, restricted access, locked
away in a safe, people wearing radiation badges etc etc etc, despite being
apparently "reasonably safe".

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