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Date Time System Length 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 01m03 DailyMotion C. xcb45f http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcb45f_houston-cable-guide-avco-embassy_shortfilms
c New format of channel? No Yes
D ? ? ? No Yes
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
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
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
g ? Defines future DST information No Yes
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
h Download Same command as 'H' No Yes
I ? Sets weather ID? No Yes
i ? No Yes
J Order Information For pay-per-view channels No Yes
j Order Information For pay-per-view channels (likely newer format) No Yes
K Clock Sets the time centrally Requires ClockCmd to be 2 on Amiga Yes Yes
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
M ? ? Atari L9152 (reads 2 bytes) - on Amiga, reads 0 bytes and does NOTHING but increment the Cmds count Yes Yes
N ? ? Atari L92A4 Yes No
O Clear Listings Clears program listings - but not immediately? Reads 0 bytes - send 00 B0 after Yes Yes
P Program Program information Yes Yes
p Program Program information Possibly newer format, example in NEWP test file No Yes
Q ? Not sure, probably has something to do with PPV channels No Yes
R Reset Reset/reboot all listening computers Yes Yes
T Title Sets the guide title Yes No
t ? ? No Yes
V ? ? Software upgrade/version check mechanism? No Yes
v ? ? No Yes
W ? ? No Yes
w ? ? No Yes
x ? ? Has sub-commands? No Yes
Z ? ? Atari L9206 (12 configuration bytes read into 04E7 onwards) Yes No
$03 ? ? Atari L949F (hexadecimal 03) Yes No
! ($21) ? ? No Yes
% ($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
= ($3D) Download ? Same command as 'H' No Yes
$BB Box Off Tells all listening boxes to stop listening No checksum - send BB 00 FF after Yes Yes