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1.1     ! root        1: .pa 1
        !             2: .he 'RAND (III)'1/15/73'RAND (III)'
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        !             4: NAME           rand -- random number generator
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        !             7: SYNOPSIS       jsr pc,srand    /to initialize
        !             8: .br
        !             9: jsr pc,rand    /to get a random number
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        !            12: DESCRIPTION    The routine uses a multiplicative congruential
        !            13: random number generator to return successive pseudo-random
        !            14: numbers in r0 in the range from 1 to 2^15-1.
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        !            16: The generator is reinitialized by calling srand with 1 in r0.
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        !            18: It can be set to a random starting point by calling
        !            19: srand with whatever you like in r0,
        !            20: for example the result left in r1 from sys___ time____.
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        !            23: FILES          kept in /lib/liba.a
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        !            26: SEE ALSO       --
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        !            29: DIAGNOSTICS    --
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        !            32: BUGS           --
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        !            35: WARNING                The author of this routine has been writing
        !            36: random-number generators for many years and has never been
        !            37: known to write one that worked.

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