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To my #sizecoding bubble: How can I get some crappy random numbers on x86 IBM PC platforms? I am thinking about reading out a clock port... Or is there a minimal pseudeo RNG algorithm that takes only ...

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@nprofile1q... when NOISE.SYS is not available I use several runtime parameters of DOjS and the PIT timer 0 at 40h-43h to create "randomness"

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nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq62gw7nyvrvd2fqc6s55rx8828z8qd03u5d3nqktet4er3flnsvqqx03ne4 Yes, I looked at the PIT. But you can't read back its current counter value, can you? And no, RDRAND is not ok. I want 8088 at best, and 80486 at worst. :)