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Re: Apple II Random Events?
I wrote:
> How does an Apple II, say using the BASIC RND command, determine a
> random number?
> ...
David Wilson wrote:
> The RND() function returns a pseudo random sequence.
>
> If you know the previous number returned you can determine the next
> one. You can seed the sequence by passing a negative number to RND().
>
> I assume that the first number generated after power up (provided you
> do not seed it first) is either fixed or depends on the power up
> contents of a particular memory location (or two).
I write:
Thanks for the information.