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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1lh5ysxleM
 
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1lh5ysxleM
 
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!scope="row"| D
 
| ?
 
| ?
 
| ?
 
| No
 
| Yes
 
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!scope="row"| E
 
| ?
 
| ?
 
| Atari L9118 (3 bytes - some kind of configuration bytes relating to CURDAY and NXTDAY?) - on Amiga, reads in a bunch of bytes... possibly related to select code?
 
| Yes
 
| Yes
 
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!scope="row"| F
 
| Configuration
 
| Gives the receiving machine information about its location, local time, settings, ads, and more.
 
| Same syntax on both Atari and Amiga, just a lot of unused values on Atari.
 
| Yes
 
| Yes
 
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!scope="row"| f
 
| Config.dat
 
| Provides some settings, like GridMR, Sport, SBS, ClockCmd, and more that are written to config.dat.
 
| Length specified in first byte of command.
 
| No
 
| Yes
 
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!scope="row"| g
 
| ?
 
| Defines future DST information
 
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| No
 
| Yes
 
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!scope="row"| H
 
| Download
 
| Can be used to write a file to disk, likely other Amiga maintenance tasks as well
 
| Exact same command is also available under 'h' and '='
 
| No
 
| Yes
 
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!scope="row"| h
 
| Download
 
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| Same command as 'H'
 
| No
 
| Yes
 
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!scope="row"| I
 
| ?
 
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| Sets weather ID?
 
| No
 
| Yes
 
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!scope="row"| i
 
| ?
 
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| No
 
| Yes
 
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!scope="row"| J
 
| Order Information
 
| For pay-per-view channels
 
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| No
 
| Yes
 
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!scope="row"| j
 
| Order Information
 
| For pay-per-view channels
 
| (likely newer format)
 
| No
 
| Yes
 
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!scope="row"| K
 
| Clock
 
| Sets the time centrally
 
| Requires ClockCmd to be 2 on Amiga
 
| Yes
 
| Yes
 
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!scope="row"| L
 
| Ad
 
| Centrally provides an ad or message
 
| Seems to crash Prevue Grid if there is already ad in a slot, maybe bad syntax
 
| Yes
 
| Yes
 
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!scope="row"| M
 
| ?
 
| ?
 
| Atari L9152 (reads 2 bytes) - on Amiga, reads 0 bytes and does NOTHING but increment the Cmds count
 
| Yes
 
| Yes
 
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!scope="row"| N
 
| ?
 
| ?
 
| Atari L92A4
 
| Yes
 
| No
 
|-
 
!scope="row"| O
 
| Clear Listings
 
| Clears program listings - but not immediately?
 
| Reads 0 bytes - send 00 B0 after
 
| Yes
 
| Yes
 
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!scope="row"| P
 
| Program
 
| Program information
 
|
 
| Yes
 
| Yes
 
|-
 
!scope="row"| p
 
| Program
 
| Program information
 
| Possibly newer format, example in NEWP test file
 
| No
 
| Yes
 
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!scope="row"| Q
 
| ?
 
| Not sure, probably has something to do with PPV channels
 
|
 
| No
 
| Yes
 
|-
 
!scope="row"| R
 
| Reset
 
| Reset/reboot all listening computers
 
|
 
| Yes
 
| Yes
 
|-
 
!scope="row"| T
 
| Title
 
| Sets the guide title
 
|
 
| Yes
 
| No
 
|-
 
!scope="row"| t
 
| ?
 
| ?
 
|
 
| No
 
| Yes
 
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!scope="row"| V
 
| ?
 
| ?
 
| Software upgrade/version check mechanism?
 
| No
 
| Yes
 
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!scope="row"| v
 
| ?
 
| ?
 
|
 
| No
 
| Yes
 
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!scope="row"| W
 
| ?
 
| ?
 
|
 
| No
 
| Yes
 
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!scope="row"| w
 
| ?
 
| ?
 
|
 
| No
 
| Yes
 
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!scope="row"| x
 
| ?
 
| ?
 
| Has sub-commands?
 
| No
 
| Yes
 
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!scope="row"| Z
 
| ?
 
| ?
 
| Atari L9206 (12 configuration bytes read into 04E7 onwards)
 
| Yes
 
| No
 
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!scope="row"| $03
 
| ?
 
| ?
 
| Atari L949F (hexadecimal 03)
 
| Yes
 
| No
 
|-
 
!scope="row"| ! ($21)
 
| ?
 
| ?
 
|
 
| No
 
| Yes
 
|-
 
!scope="row"| % ($25)
 
| Save Data
 
| Saves/backs up data to disk the next time it gets a $BB command
 
| Analogous to one of the "Save Data" options under Special Functions, freezes guide for a few seconds while saving
 
| No
 
| Yes
 
|-
 
!scope="row"| = ($3D)
 
| Download
 
| ?
 
| Same command as 'H'
 
| No
 
| Yes
 
 
|-
 
!scope="row"| $BB
 
| Box Off
 
| Tells all listening boxes to stop listening
 
| No checksum - send BB 00 FF after
 
| Yes
 
| Yes
 
 
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Revision as of 22:58, 3 December 2016

Date Time System Length Repost? Site User Upload date Video ID URL Notes
4 Feb 1983 23:15 EPG (Apple II based) 04m13 YouTube MicroJow 17 Sep 2014 vRM-tRFhZ4w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRM-tRFhZ4w
20 Feb 1984 17:04 EPG (TexScan based) 01m03 DailyMotion C. xcb45f http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcb45f_houston-cable-guide-avco-embassy_shortfilms
12 Oct 1986 14:46 EPG (TexScan based) 05m37 Yes YouTube RetromericalsTV X1lh5ysxleM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1lh5ysxleM