VAX MACRO and Instruction Set Reference Manual

Updated: 11 December 1998

VAX MACRO and Instruction Set Reference Manual

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Contents (summary)
Preface	Preface
Part	VAX MACRO Language
Chapter 1	Introduction
Chapter 2	VAX MACRO Source Statement Format
Chapter 3	Components of MACRO Source Statements
Chapter 4	Macro Arguments and String Operators
Chapter 5	VAX MACRO Addressing Modes
Chapter 6	VAX MACRO Assembler Directives
Part	VAX Data Types and Instruction Set
Chapter 7	Terminology and Conventions
Chapter 8	Basic Architecture
Chapter 9	VAX Instruction Set
Chapter 10	VAX Vector Architecture
Appendix A	ASCII Character Set
Appendix B	Hexadecimal/Decimal Conversion
Appendix D	Permanent Symbol Table Defined for Use with VAX MACRO
Appendix E	Exceptions That May Occur During Instruction Execution
	Index
	Figures
	Tables

Preface

Preface Preface

Part

Part VAX MACRO Language

Chapter 1

1 Introduction

Chapter 2

2 VAX MACRO Source Statement Format

     2.1     Label Field

     2.2     Operator Field

     2.3     Operand Field

     2.4     Comment Field

Chapter 3

3 Components of MACRO Source Statements

     3.1     Character Set

     3.2     Numbers

         3.2.1         Integers

         3.2.2         Floating-Point Numbers

         3.2.3         Packed Decimal Strings

     3.3     Symbols

         3.3.1         Permanent Symbols

         3.3.2         User-Defined Symbols and Macro Names

         3.3.3         Determining Symbol Values

     3.4     Local Labels

     3.5     Terms and Expressions

     3.6     Unary Operators

         3.6.1         Radix Control Operators

         3.6.2         Textual Operators

             3.6.2.1             ASCII Operator

             3.6.2.2             Register Mask Operator

         3.6.3         Numeric Control Operators

             3.6.3.1             Floating-Point Operator

             3.6.3.2             Complement Operator

     3.7     Binary Operators

         3.7.1         Arithmetic Shift Operator

         3.7.2         Logical AND Operator

         3.7.3         Logical Inclusive OR Operator

         3.7.4         Logical Exclusive OR Operator

     3.8     Direct Assignment Statements

     3.9     Current Location Counter

Chapter 4

4 Macro Arguments and String Operators

     4.1     Arguments in Macros

     4.2     Default Values

     4.3     Keyword Arguments

     4.4     String Arguments

     4.5     Argument Concatenation

     4.6     Passing Numeric Values of Symbols

     4.7     Created Local Labels

     4.8     Macro String Operators

         4.8.1         %LENGTH Operator

         4.8.2         %LOCATE Operator

         4.8.3         %EXTRACT Operator

Chapter 5

5 VAX MACRO Addressing Modes

     5.1     General Register Modes

         5.1.1         Register Mode

         5.1.2         Register Deferred Mode

         5.1.3         Autoincrement Mode

         5.1.4         Autoincrement Deferred Mode

         5.1.5         Autodecrement Mode

         5.1.6         Displacement Mode

         5.1.7         Displacement Deferred Mode

         5.1.8         Literal Mode

     5.2     Program Counter Modes

         5.2.1         Relative Mode

         5.2.2         Relative Deferred Mode

         5.2.3         Absolute Mode

         5.2.4         Immediate Mode

         5.2.5         General Mode

     5.3     Index Mode

     5.4     Branch Mode

Chapter 6

6 VAX MACRO Assembler Directives

    Command 1     .ADDRESS

    Command 2     .ALIGN

    Command 3     .ASCIx

    Command 4     .ASCIC

    Command 5     .ASCID

    Command 6     .ASCII

    Command 7     .ASCIZ

    Command 8     .BLKx

    Command 9     .BYTE

    Command 10     .CROSS

    Command 11     .DEBUG

    Command 12     .DEFAULT

    Command 13     .D_FLOATING

    Command 14     .DISABLE

    Command 15     .ENABLE

    Command 16     .END

    Command 17     .ENDC

    Command 18     .ENDM

    Command 19     .ENDR

    Command 20     .ENTRY

    Command 21     .ERROR

    Command 22     .EVEN

    Command 23     .EXTERNAL

    Command 24     .F_FLOATING

    Command 25     .G_FLOATING

    Command 26     .GLOBAL

    Command 27     .H_FLOATING

    Command 28     .IDENT

    Command 29     .IF

    Command 30     .IF_x

    Command 31     .IIF

    Command 32     .IRP

    Command 33     .IRPC

    Command 34     .LIBRARY

    Command 35     .LINK

    Command 36     .LIST

    Command 37     .LONG

    Command 38     .MACRO

    Command 39     .MASK

    Command 40     .MCALL

    Command 41     .MDELETE

    Command 42     .MEXIT

    Command 43     .NARG

    Command 44     .NCHR

    Command 45     .NLIST

    Command 46     .NOCROSS

    Command 47     .NOSHOW

    Command 48     .NTYPE

    Command 49     .OCTA

    Command 50     .ODD

    Command 51     .OPDEF

    Command 52     .PACKED

    Command 53     .PAGE

    Command 54     .PRINT

    Command 55     .PSECT

    Command 56     .QUAD

    Command 57     .REFn

    Command 58     .REPEAT

    Command 59     .RESTORE_PSECT

    Command 60     .SAVE_PSECT

    Command 61     .SHOW

    Command 62     .SIGNED_BYTE

    Command 63     .SIGNED_WORD

    Command 64     .SUBTITLE

    Command 65     .TITLE

    Command 66     .TRANSFER

    Command 67     .WARN

    Command 68     .WEAK

    Command 69     .WORD

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