Michael A. Terrell wrote:
John Larkin wrote:
On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:53:55 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:
I'd like to conjure up a random bit generator.

Just feed it a clock and have it generate random bits.

74HC... components preferred... I have most everything in that family
in my parts bin ;-)

XOR some of Sloman's messages. ;-)
Those aren't very random. He keeps saying the same stuff, over and
over.


If you XOR enough of them, the typos add up into a random mess.

The preferred method of guaranteeing ranDUMB bits, is make like a
witch and HEX-or them...