Re: A85: A couple of programming questions

Re: A85: A couple of programming questions

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• Subject: Re: A85: A couple of programming questions
• From: mikep@anet-dfw.com (Michael Pearce)
• Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 04:31:51 GMT
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I used the random routine from Jimmy Mardell's ZTetris (thanks
Jimmy!).  I don't know how random it is, but it is certainly simple to
use.

-mike pearce

On Tue, 2 Sep 1997 20:32:38 -0700, you wrote:

>I mapped out the rom for this routine yesterday and found out that it is
>slow! It is the routine that runs when you type 'rand' in the ti-os. It
>makes a random number and puts it in OP1-6 or something like that. You only
>need 1 BYTE of it though, not the full 9 or so digits. I would recommend
>using a random routine using ld a,r and some srl and add instructions in
>conjuction with a random seed.
>

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• Re: A85: A couple of programming questions
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