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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!umeecs!nuntius
  3. From: Matt Slot <fprefect@engin.umich.edu>
  4. Subject: Re: Uniquely identifying a Mac? How?
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan6.005012.27797@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
  6. Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Mr. News)
  7. Organization: University of Michigan, CAEN
  8. X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1
  9. References: <1458@shrike.com>
  10. Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 00:50:12 GMT
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  12.  
  13. If you need to do this from an application, there are several tricks you
  14. can try. Use  TickCount() to get a long, try Random() (one in 4 billion
  15. chance of duplication), or the
  16. initialization time of the Boot volume.
  17.  
  18. Not foolproof, but pretty good.
  19.  
  20. Matt
  21.