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Comment by jesuslop | Hacker News Reader

Lacks randomize()

I think Commodore BASIC had a more complex way of seeding the random timer: https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/RND

    POKE 56328,0    : REM real-time clock activate with 1/10s -> clock runs ($DC08)
    PRINT RND(0)    : REM Random number addicted by timer and real-time clock

You could also do I=RND(-TI)

Providing a neg number to RND would "reseed" the random number generator. TI was a "system" variable that updates every 60th of a second.

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