Random Number Generators for Use With FORTRAN or SABR Programs
8-673
Author: Geoffrey Chase,
Portsmouth Abbey School, Portsmouth, RI
Operating System: OS/8
Source Language: SABR
Memory Required: 2 pages

Abstract: Two 35-bit random generators taken from Knuth's "Seminumerical
Algorithms," adapted to the 27-bit format of the PDP-8
FORTRAN/SABR library. The user can preset the starting point of
either sequence by his choice of argument in the calls Y = RAND(X) or
Y = RND(X).

Media Price Code: D2, F5
Catalog: August 1978