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In article <C1EtLI.HDI@cck.coventry.ac.uk> csg022@cch.coventry.ac.uk (PROC) writes:
>In article <1993Jan20.203516.18565@prime.mdata.fi> paetau@mits.mdata.fi (Rasmus Paetau) writes:
>
>>Does anybody know how to generate random numbers on a computer? I know
>>of the GEMDOS/BIOS/XBIOS call that does that, but I wonder if it could
>>be done faster? I'm supposed to do a program that has to do with
>>probability and such things, and I'd like a fast and flexible random
>>routine in assembler.. so if anybody has ideas, they're welcome!
>
>Erm, read the value in the address that holds the screen raster line
>position? I don't know the exact address, but no doubt someone will.

I may be wrong, but I think there is a gap between finishing the last line and
starting the next refresh, in which case you would tend to get the same value
a lot of the time.  There is also a delay returning back to the left of the
screen after a line has been sent.  Good idea though, and still useful in some
circumstances even if I'm right.

- Leo