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Article #1666Re: Random numbers on PDP-11
From: kurt kohler
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 1990 20:55
Date: Wed, 04 Jul 1990 20:55
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In article <1739@mountn.dec.com> minow@bolt.enet.dec.com (Martin Minow) writes:
>In article <19191@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> kohler@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU
>(kurt kohler) writes:
>> We have the need to generate some small (< 100) integers on the
>>PDP-11. It doesn't need to be of terribly high quality.
>
> * The algorithm is based on the mth$random function in the
> * VMS common run-time library.
>
>Martin Minow
>minow@bolt.enet.dec.com
Thanks for the reply, but I guess I should have been more explicit. What
I wanted was a function that could be evaluated with the 16 bit arithmetic
on the PDP-11. Actually since all that is required is a 32 bit multiply
I could use it I suppose, it would just be more straight forward to
have 16 bit constants and a 16 bit result.
Kurt Kohler
Kurt Kohler "I'm a pussycat, not an electrician!"
Internet: kohler@jacobs.cs.orst.edu -- Not Dr. McCoy
Asset Control Systems, Inc.
Corvallis, OR
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!orstcs!jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU!kohler From: kohler@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU (kurt kohler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: Random numbers on PDP-11 Keywords: PDP-11 random numbers Message-ID: <19207@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> Date: 4 Jul 90 20:55:15 GMT References: <19191@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <1739@mountn.dec.com> Sender: usenet@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU Distribution: na Organization: Oregon State University - CS - Corvallis Lines: 23