THE FOLLOWING TWO PROGRAMS ARE SUBMITTED BY:
HARRY ATHERTON
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER
DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS, ROOM 6253
231 BETHESDA AVE.
CINCINNATI, OHIO 45267
PHONE (513) 872-5341

[364,20] ADDITION OF SEMAPHORE DIRECTIVES TO THE RSX11-M EXECUTIVE
THESE DIRECTIVES ARE USEFUL FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS OF CONCURRENT
ACCESS OF MULTIPLE TASKS TO DATA STRUCTURES (OR ANYTHING ELSE).
A DESCRIPTION OF THE DIRECTIVES AND INFORMATION FOR ADDING
THEM DURING A SYSGEN ARE GIVEN IN SEMINFO.RNO.
INFORMATION ON SEMAPHORES IS GIVEN IN THE PAPER "IMPLEMENTATION
AND APPLICATION OF SEMAPHORES IN RSX-11M" PRESENTED AT THE FALL
1979 DECUS. REPRINTS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE ABOVE ADDRESS.


[364,44] FAST FLX-TAPE READER (FFL)
THIS PROGRAM WILL READ ALL FILES SPECIFIED FROM FLX-TAPE INTO THEIR
CORRESPONDING DIRECTORY ON DISK IN ONE PASS THROUGH THE TAPE.
THIS PROGRAM SHOULD MAKE COPYING ALL OR PARTS OF THIS TAPE TO
DISK FASTER AND EASIER. A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAM
IS IN "FFL.RNO."

A TASK IMAGE FOR A MAPPED SYSTEM IS INCLUDED ON THE TAPE.
TO MAKE IT EXECUTABLE EITHER COPY IT WITH PIP TO MAKE IT
CONTIGUOUS IF IT IS ALREADY ON DISK:
PIP /NV/CO=FFL.TSK
OR HAVE FLX ALLOCATE A CONTIGUOUS FILE:
FLX SY:[your UIC]/CO/BL:33.=MT:[364,44]FFL.TSK