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- A Silly Lottery Program
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- You should be in possession of three files:-
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- Readme This one
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- Lottery.opa The Psion 3a program
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- Lotto3.opo The Psion 3 program
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- If you have a Series 3a or PB II then copy the 'Lottery.opa' file across
- into your internal /APP/ directory. Once you have achieved this, load the
- application in the normal way.
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- If you have a Series 3 or PB then copy across the 'Lotto3.opo' file into
- your internal /OPO/ directory. Run it as an OPO program.
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- Please make sure the file extensions are correct.
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- This is not a serious program. You will be asked several question and then
- five lines of six random numbers will be generated. Use them if you like.
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- The questions:-
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- 1) The date of the next draw. Your machine will offer a date but you can
- enter any date you like. Press <ENTER> to accept the date.
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- 2) Lucky number. If you have one then enter it here or just press <ENTER>.
- A lucky number will be generated for you.
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- 3) Time of draw. You can enter the time of the draw in hours and minutes if
- you want. The seconds element is taken from the internal clock. Just press
- <ENTER> if you don't want to bother. The current time will be used.
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- 4) Repeat numbers. Obviously each line of six numbers cannot have a
- repeating number. However one number may appear in more than one line. If
- you want all the numbers to be different across the five lines then select
- 'No' here otherwise accept 'Yes'.
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- 5) FAST or SLOW. All the above information helps to generate a random
- number. It can take quite a long time to come up with the numbers.
- If you do not want to wait too long, select FAST (it will still take
- quite a while).
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- 6) How many lines? Once it has generated all five lines, it will then
- randomly select the lines for you. You can ask for five or as little as one.
- If you don't like the selection, pick one of your own. This routine is not
- used if you have asked for all five lines.
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- The information on the display more or less speaks for itself.
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- Your Factor - is the one you entered or the computer generated for you.
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- Random Factor - Changes for each line.
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- Fast/Slow - Your selected speed.
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- Lines - * The number of lines you asked for.
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- Repeats Yes/No - As selected
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- If a number has already been chosen (in one line for repeats=Yes or all
- lines if repeats=No) it will be flashed up on the display with the repeated
- number. Another number will be found.
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- The selected Line(s) are highlighted in inverse print.
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- Good luck.