Lotto Picker
| Filename | lotto-picker-10.hqx |
|---|---|
| Size | 78.2 KB (80085 bytes) |
| Architecture | 68K |
| Downloads | 9 |
LottoPicker 1.0 is a small lottery-number generator and dice substitute for older Macintoshes, submitted to the Info-Mac "Mac Gifts" collection by Steve Jay (spoke@netspace.net.au) from Australia. The program targets compact and early-color Macs spanning the 68000 through 68040 processor range and is distributed as a BinHex 4.0 archive.
Purpose
The utility serves two related functions: it picks lottery number combinations for the player, and it doubles as a software dice roller for board games where physical dice are inconvenient. Both modes use the Mac's pseudo-random generator rather than any cryptographic source.
Hardware target
The submission explicitly targets older 68k Macs (68000 through 68040), placing the release in the late-1990s tail of Info-Mac uploads aimed at users still running compact Macs, LCs, and other pre-PowerPC hardware long after Apple had moved on.
Distribution channel
LottoPicker arrived through Info-Mac's "Mac Gifts" sub-collection, a curated set of small freeware utilities donated to the archive. It is preserved today as lotto-picker-10.hqx in the Info-Mac game directory of the funet mirror.
Author
Steve Jay's submission is brief and informal, characteristic of the archive's late-90s tone, and the program appears not to have seen subsequent point releases on Info-Mac.
This file is part of the MacTrove archive. See the Thank You page for the upstream mirrors we rely on. It is BinHex encoded — use The Unarchiver to decode it.
