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View Ref-FileRandom()                                                              XBIOS

Syntax

LONG Random( VOID )

Function      Random() returns a 24 bit random number.

Opcode        17 (0x11)

Availability  All TOS versions.

Binding       move.w   #$11,-(sp)
              trap     #14
              addq.l   #2,sp

Return Value  Random() returns a 24-bit random value in the lower three
              bytes of the returned LONG.

Caveats       The algorithm used provides an exact 50% occurrence of
              bit 0.