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In article <2290004@hp-ptp.HP.COM> jimg@hp-ptp.HP.COM (Jim_Garrison) writes:
>
> I've trying to use Amiga Semaphores, as a mechanism to let only one program
> access a particular resource at a time.  I'm using the Amiga Programmers
> Reference by Eugene Mortimer, as a reference for using the semaphores.  I
> seem to recall that there is either some problem with the description of
> semaphores in this book, or there are problems with the way Amiga semaphores
> work.  I'm using an A2500 with Amigados 1.3 and Lattice 5.05 C compiler.

The problem is with the semaphore calls. First of all, the AddSemaphore()
function expect a parameter in the wrong register. Take a look ROM Kernel
Reference Manual: Includes&Autodocs for a work-around. The blue-greenish
manual.

Valentin
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