The following chart gives a brief description of the Exec functions that
control inter-task communication with messages and ports.  See the Amiga
ROM Kernel Reference Manual: Includes and Autodocs for details about each
call.

               Table 24-1: Exec Message and Port Functions
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 |                                                                     |
 |       Function                   Description                        |
 |=====================================================================|
 |        AddPort()  Add a public message port to the system list.     |
 |  CreateMsgPort()  Allocate and initialize a new message port (V37). |
 |  DeleteMsgPort()  Free a message port, created with CreateMsgPort() |
 |                   (V37).                                            |
 |       FindPort()  Find a public message port in the system list.    |
 |         GetMsg()  Get next message from the message port.           |
 |         PutMsg()  Put a message to a message port.                  |
 |        RemPort()  Remove a message port from the system list.       |
 |       ReplyMsg()  Reply to a message on its reply port.             |
 |_____________________________________________________________________|


               Table 24-2: Amiga.lib Exec Support Functions
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 |                                                                     |
 |       Function                   Description                        |
 |=====================================================================|
 |     CreatePort()  Allocate and initialize a new message port, make  |
 |                   public if named                                   |
 |     DeletePort()  Delete a message port, created with CreatePort(). |
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