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  • So where is the random number in the Speccy ?So I am messing around with ZX Spectrum Assembler and I want a random number. I looked up previous posts and one of the links said that random number…

    The only random number generator in a digital computer ... a seed for a pseudo-random number generator.

    Unless extra ... can help generate some nice random numbers. Or amplifying white noise ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK November 2016 Assembler
  • So where is the random number in the Speccy ?So I am messing around with ZX Spectrum Assembler and I want a random number. I looked up previous posts and one of the links said that random number…

    ... appear more "random" will also depend on the number of instructions ... also not normally generating one random number per frame - you're ... don't really want a random number.

    [quote]
    ... between a good quality random number generator and a bad ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2016 Assembler
  • So where is the random number in the Speccy ?So I am messing around with ZX Spectrum Assembler and I want a random number. I looked up previous posts and one of the links said that random number…

    ... arguing between a good quality random number generator and a bad one ... code that seems to generate random patterns might be 'good enough ... on how often you need random numbers and which bits you ... as filling the screen with random attributes or changing the colors ...
    Hikaru Hikaru November 2016 Assembler
  • So where is the random number in the Speccy ?So I am messing around with ZX Spectrum Assembler and I want a random number. I looked up previous posts and one of the links said that random number…

    ... ;53626"]So where is the random number in the Speccy ?[/quote]
    zx128k zx128k November 2016 Assembler
  • So where is the random number in the Speccy ?So I am messing around with ZX Spectrum Assembler and I want a random number. I looked up previous posts and one of the links said that random number…

    "So where is the random number in the Speccy ?"
    Just along the main engineering deck, one section along from the infinite improbability drive... :D
    1024MAK 1024MAK November 2016 Assembler
  • So where is the random number in the Speccy ?So I am messing around with ZX Spectrum Assembler and I want a random number. I looked up previous posts and one of the links said that random number…

    ... ;53626"]So where is the random number in the Speccy ?[/quote]
    ivanb303 ivanb303 November 2016 Assembler
  • Full-screen 32 columns bicolor engine NIRVANA+I'm glad to announce the release of [b]NIRVANA+ ENGINE[/b], providing support for bicolor graphics (multicolor 8x2) in 32 columns for all standard Sp…

    ... />
    [b]2.)[/b] The random number generator "Fast RND" you are ... predictable! For instance, whenever generated number is [b]0[/b], next ... 1=131[/b]. Whenever generated number is [b]4[/b], next ... b]. Do these results seem random? I strongly suggest using [b ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas December 2016 Brand new software
  • Akalabeth gamei found now that someone ported an ansi-basic game (coded in 1979?) to msx-basic - what about a zx-spectrum basic version of it? ;) https://plus.goo…

    ... ; one is just selected at random:
    [code]
    1681 IF ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny January 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • Comp.Sys.Sinclair Crap Games Competition 2017As the creator of the second-least crap game in last year's competition (and the only mug stupid enough to agree to host it this year) I am proud/ash…

    ... the difference from the real random number generator. Since I prefer games ... based on random luck, it was kind of ...
    carlsson carlsson January 2017 Games
  • Comp.Sys.Sinclair Crap Games Competition 2017As the creator of the second-least crap game in last year's competition (and the only mug stupid enough to agree to host it this year) I am proud/ash…

    [quote="GReW"]... rather than a game where stereotypical northern wives fight to the death while hen-pecked husbands wager on the outcome...[/quote]

    Now that's a game I'd like to see!


    [quote="R-Tape;897111"]Nice! Some ...
    MykeP MykeP February 2017 Games
  • So where is the random number in the Speccy ?So I am messing around with ZX Spectrum Assembler and I want a random number. I looked up previous posts and one of the links said that random number…

    ... used by random number routines

    ; . . . . . . . . . . .
    ;
    ; Return a random number in ... A between 0 and the number
    ; in ...
    dbolli dbolli February 2017 Assembler
  • Comp.Sys.Sinclair Crap Games Competition 2017As the creator of the second-least crap game in last year's competition (and the only mug stupid enough to agree to host it this year) I am proud/ash…

    ... club and hoping that the random number generator matched the distance to ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone April 2017 Games
  • ALIEN (Mindgames) Bugfix and Improvement.[code]ALIEN (Mindgames) [ZX SPECTRUM] BUGFIX & IMPROVEMENT by Ersh 2016-10-29 The following bugs are fixed: [BUG] INVENTORY BUG WHEN SWITCHING …

    ... Alien AI keeps drawing a random number of 0.

    At ... using this to get a random number. At the end of the ... loop the game draws two random numbers, if they both are ...
    Ersh Ersh May 2017 Announcements
  • The Quill. Random start location for object.So I've been reading the manual to 'The Quill' recently and it seems like a bit of fun. :) Haven't tried programming anything yet but I was thinki…

    ... it. Because to be random you need a random seed, and without ... -- how do they prevent the random number being the same every time. :)
    tstih tstih September 2017 Development
  • CMWC random number generator for Z80Seeing the interest regarding the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=23070"]Xor-Shift random number generator for Z80[/URL]…

    ... /forums/discussion/23070/xor-shift-random-number-generator-for-z80"]xorshift thread ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak October 2017 Development
  • Xor-shift random number generator for Z80[QUOTE=Patrik Rak;320244]Come on, people, [URL="http://www.jstatsoft.org/v08/i14/paper"]xor-shift generators[/URL] devised by Marsaglia, that's the w…

    ... .org/forums/discussion/39632/cmwc-random-number-generator-for-z80"]other thread ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak October 2017 Development
  • Minesweeper 16/48I've just released a public beta of Minesweeper, which is (surprise!) a Minesweeper clone for the 16K, 48K and 128K Spectrum. The game comes as two v…

    They are random, yes. In theory you should ... into an emulator) because the random number generator is seeded using the ... least some variation in the number of frames each time you ...
    Blerk Blerk November 2017 Brand new software
  • Cubic RevealI just though I'd develop this a little further. Written a while ago on a whim! [img]https://dl.dropbox.com/s/p44y5dda49ucmop/square_reveal_1_1.gi…

    ... each time with some simple random number generation to select the plasma ...
    Arkannoyed Arkannoyed November 2017 Development
  • ALIEN (Mindgames) Bugfix and Improvement.[code]ALIEN (Mindgames) [ZX SPECTRUM] BUGFIX & IMPROVEMENT by Ersh 2016-10-29 The following bugs are fixed: [BUG] INVENTORY BUG WHEN SWITCHING …

    ... BEYOND INTENDED MEMORY.
    The Random Number Generator stepped through the entire ... -04-12)
    [BUGFIX] THE RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR USED DATA BEYOND INTENDED ... /> Added 'Bugfix' text and version number to the loading screen.
    Ersh Ersh April 2018 Announcements
  • random numbersCan you write a piece of code that gets you a truly random number from the Spectrum, or is it only capable of generating a pseudo-random number (ie. …

    ... a truly random number - as the chances of any single random number being small ... /> Redefine the question as "a random integer between the values of ...
    p13z p13z April 2018 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How can I get around having to press ENTER at the scroll query?Or how can I get my program to run on until I stop it?

    I read the 'random number' thread and wondered if there ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch May 2018 BASIC
  • How can I get around having to press ENTER at the scroll query?Or how can I get my program to run on until I stop it?

    ... even 65,000 for my random number generator idea.

    I ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch May 2018 BASIC
  • im looking for a machine code star-field routineim looking for a machine code star-field routine. preferably with mnemonics.

    ... 8 bits. You pick a random number plus a fixed minimum to ... make a 16-bit number for the speed of movement ...
    joefish joefish June 2018 Development
  • im looking for a fill routine written in basici know this would be slow but i want to tinker with it to produce something else.

    ... pixel row, then generating a random number, and if it's above ... right across (or uses the random scattering algorithm I described).
    joefish joefish July 2018 Development
  • im looking for a fill routine written in basici know this would be slow but i want to tinker with it to produce something else.

    I did one of these a bit ago, based on a basic whatsit, but I don't recall where the basic was.


    http://www.boriel.com/forum/bug-reports/download/file.php?id=33

    Here's the core of it in Boriel's basic:
    [code]
    Gedlion Gedlion July 2018 Development
  • Summary : Fifty Pascal Programs by SybexI got around getting [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2001037"]this book[/url] and have had a look through it which consists of…

    ... The program also adds a random number function which is only ... I made my own random number function in Hisoft Pascal ... multiply to get a random number within a certain range ... inumber : integer;
    90 number,
    100 xr, yr,
    CP/M User CP/M User July 2018 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Summary : Fifty Pascal Programs by SybexI got around getting [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2001037"]this book[/url] and have had a look through it which consists of…

    ... that and put my own random number generator, which is used in ... to generate a random number. On the Amstrad version random(0); is used ... }
    100 seed, {random seed}
    110 score, {number OF turns}
    CP/M User CP/M User July 2018 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Summary : Fifty Pascal Programs by SybexI got around getting [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2001037"]this book[/url] and have had a look through it which consists of…

    ...
    So my random number generator needs changing from this ... BEGIN
    210 seed:=random(0);
    220 result ... br />
    And the random number seed could be initially set ...
    would improve the random?

    Please understand ...
    CP/M User CP/M User July 2018 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Summary : Fifty Pascal Programs by SybexI got around getting [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2001037"]this book[/url] and have had a look through it which consists of…

    ... uses some kind of Random Number Generator for generating the ... I've added my own Random Number Generator again, which has ... and made the number a bit more random on the ... answer,
    550 right, {number OF right answers}
    560 ...
    CP/M User CP/M User July 2018 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Getting an even random numberWhat would be the best, simplest way to do this ? I was thinking of say: A = RND*100 Then a conditional along the lines of: IF A / 2 <> I…

    Get a random number which is an integer, then multiply by two.
    arttu arttu November 2018 Sinclair Basic
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