DM>     I (unfortunately) Don't know much about "C" in 
 DM> generaly (in Pascal we have 
 DM> the RANDOMIZE procedure). 

        Yeah.  Pascal's Randomize is usually done using the system timer.

 DM> But for a generally 
 DM> "different" number on each run, 
 DM> the one thing that comes to mind is the millisecond timer.
 DM> DosQuerySysInfo - QSV_MS_COUNT
 DM>     Seems to me that this would give you a "fairly" 
 DM> random seed (or at least a 
 DM> reason resistence to duplication.

        That's what I was looking for, but found something better.  Someone
else posted code for an ELF Hatch.  If you grab the system time or the  MS
timer you described, then run it through the ELF Hatch, you get a fairly
random seed.  Thanks  for your  help.

Sean


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