Lotto Picker
| Filename | lotto-picker-10.hqx |
|---|---|
| Size | 78.2 KB (80085 bytes) |
| Architecture | 68K |
| Downloads | 16 |
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.
Original Source: 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.
