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Re: Random Number Question
- Subject: Re: Random Number Question
- From: vladitx <vladitx@nucleusys.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 01:17:36 -0700 (PDT)
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On May 7, 12:16 am, pau...@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter) wrote:
> The Apple II monitor though has a source for true random numbers, although
> with only 16 bits of entropy. The source is a 16-bit counter which is
> incremented each time the monitor input routine polls the keyboard for
> a keypress.
The entropy is very low, not 16 bits at all. If I needed random
numbers from Apple II I wouldn't use more than a bit or two per KEYIN.