FILE:		RFM_BTS.zip
FILE SIZE:	9036 bytes
FILE DATE:	01/20/1999 05:25 PM
UPLOADED BY:	Robert Fred, Meyer
		rfmeyer@ethergate.com
MODIFIED BY:	Robert Fred, Meyer
TYPE:		Freeware
DESCRIPTION:	A demonstration of the BTS assembly instruction.
		The BTS instruction tests if the specified bit is
		set, then sets that specified bit. This enables
		you to know if you were the one to set the bit,
		or that it was set by another thread. With the use
		of the BTS assembly instruction you can have such
		a thing as a global queue that is modified by many
		threads without a conflict between them. When a
		particular theard wishes to modify the queue, it
		will BTS a bit in a gobal variable, and if it was
		the one to set the bit, it knows that it has
		exclusive control over the queue.  When done it
		must clear that bit so that other threads can gain
		exclusive control over the queue when needed.