Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!ucsd!dog.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!manta!psm From: psm@manta.NOSC.MIL (Scot Mcintosh) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Hardware random bit generator needed Message-ID: <1234@manta.NOSC.MIL> Date: 4 Oct 90 19:57:49 GMT Reply-To: psm@manta.nosc.mil (Scot Mcintosh) Distribution: na Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego Lines: 6 I need a circuit to produce a random or pseudorandom bit stream that doesn't repeat until at least 2^32 bits have gone by. A software method can't be used because there won't be a cpu available. Can anyone supply such a circuit or refer me to a source? Thanks muchly.