GWBASIC random algorithm WANTED

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From: Ben Noordzij
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1987 14:04

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Some days ago I posted a question that was intended to solve the following,
but suffered from a totally unclear way of saying things, so here it goes again:

Which algorithm is used by GWBASIC to generate "random" numbers?
If the algorithm has coefficients (I don't doubt), what is their value?
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From: benno@eurifb.UUCP (Ben Noordzij)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,sci.math
Subject: GWBASIC random algorithm WANTED
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Date: Thu, 15-Jan-87 09:04:47 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 15 09:04:47 1987
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Keywords: GWBASIC, rnd, algorithm