VAX/VMS System Programmer Student Guide

This document is a student guide for the VAX/VMS System Programmer course. It is designed for specialists who will be doing consulting work on VAX/VMS at an advanced level. The course provides laboratory time to practice writing system-level code that interfaces with the operating system. The guide outlines the course description, prerequisites, goals, and resources. It details topics such as general considerations for writing system-level code, adding system services, writing command language interpreters, writing symbionts (spoolers), and writing application migration executives. The document also covers the organization of VMS source code, system programming tools, frequently used instructions and macros, and considerations for system programming. It includes a course map and sample programs with their respective listings. The course aims to equip students with the knowledge and skills to effectively develop system programs for the VAX/VMS environment.