AppleIIAsm-Collection/disks/disk3_math/T.RAND8

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* RAND8 :: 8-BIT RANDOM NUMBER *
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* GENERATES A PSEUDO-RANDOM    *
* NUMBER BETWEEN 1..255 (BYTE) *
* AND RETURNS THE VALUE IN .A  *
*                              *
* THIS USES THE GALOIS LINEAR  *
* FEEDBACK SHIFT REGISTER      *
* ALGORITHM WITH POLYNOMIAL    *
* $002D. THE SEQUENCE WILL     *
* REPEAT AFTER 65535 CALLS.    *
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* CLOBBERS:                    *
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* FLAGS:  ????----  REG: AX--  *
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* CYCLES: ???                  *
* SIZE:                        *
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* USAGE: JSR RND8              *
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* EXIT                         *
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* .Y = NOT AFFECTED            *
* .X = CLOBBERED               *
* .A = RANDOM NUM 1..255       *
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* NOTE: BASED ON THE PRNG      *
* LISTING FOUND IN THE NESDEV  *
* WIKI.                        *
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RAND8
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         LDX   #8
         LDA   RNDL+0
:A
         ASL              ;SHIFT THE REG
         ROL   RNDL+1
         BCC   :B
         EOR   #$2D       ; APPLY XOR FEEDBACK
                          ; WHENEVER A 1 BIT IS
                          ; SHIFTED OUT
:B
         DEX
         BNE   :A
         STA   RNDL+0
         STA   RETURN
         LDY   #1
         STY   RETLEN
         CMP   #0         ; RELOAD FLAGS
         RTS
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