VAX MACRO and Instruction Set

This manual serves as a complete reference for the VAX MACRO assembly language, covering its syntax, addressing modes, assembler directives, and instruction set. The document is organized into two parts:

• Part I: Describes the VAX MACRO language, including source statement formats, components (symbols, operators, expressions), macro arguments and string operators, addressing modes, and detailed assembler directives.
• Part II: Details the VAX data types, basic architecture, and the complete native-mode and vector-processing instruction sets. It also includes extensive appendices on character sets, conversion tables, permanent symbols, and exception handling.