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The Personal Entertainment Guide (TM)

User's Guide

The World's Most Advanced Television Magazine

Available Exclusively Through CompuServe's Consumer Electronics Forum

Type: GO CEFORUM

Version 2.0

This material is copyrighted. All rights are reserved. No parts of
The Personal Entertainment Guide or this document may be copied in
part or in whole, except as provided in the following license.

Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 by Lookahead Communications, Inc.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Lookahead Communications, Inc.
163 Amsterdam Avenue - Room 309
New York NY 10023
(212) 580-7948

COPYRIGHT NOTICE

The following is copyright (C) 1991, 1992 by Lookahead Communications,
Inc.:

- All software and documentation bearing the Lookahead
Communications, Inc. copyright,

- All information displayed on the Personal Entertainment Guide
(TM) screens,

- All television listings, feature articles, news and other
information supplied by Lookahead Communications, Inc. as
Personal Entertainment Guide update files whether by disk or
modem transmission.

Television listings are provided under license from TVDATA,
Queensbury, N.Y.


TRADEMARKS

The Personal Entertainment Guide is a trademark of Lookahead
Communications, Inc.

DISCLAIMER

Lookahead Communications, Inc. makes no warranty of any kind, either
express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of
merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, with respect to
this software, accompanying documentation, or update files.

IN NO EVENT SHALL LOOKAHEAD COMMUNICATIONS, INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY
DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS
INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, OR OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS)
ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PROGRAM, EVEN IF
LOOKAHEAD COMMUNICATIONS, INC. HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES.

LICENSE FOR THE SOFTWARE

The Personal Entertainment Guide is Copyright (c) 1991, 1992 by
Lookahead Communications, Inc.

The Personal Entertainment Guide is not, nor has ever been, public
domain or free software.

The commercial, registered version of The Personal Entertainment Guide
may not be duplicated other than for backup purposes. A registered
copy of Personal Entertainment Guide must be treated like a book, in
that the same registered copy of The Personal Entertainment Guide may
not be used in more than one computer at the same time, just as a book
may not be read by more than one person at the same time (without
making an illegal copy).

Users are granted a limited license to use the User Supported, trial
version of The Personal Entertainment Guide for a limited evaluation
period of up to 4 weeks, in order to determine if it suits their
needs. Any other use of The Personal Entertainment Guide or use past
this period requires registration.

All users are granted a limited license to download the Unregistered
Version of The Personal Entertainment Guide from CompuServe's CEFORUM
or other BBS only for the purpose of trying out the software for their
own use, and only if they agree to the following conditions:

- The Personal Entertainment Guide Unregistered Version must
be distributed in absolutely unmodified form, including ALL
program, documentation, weekly update and other files

- The Personal Entertainment Guide may not be included with any
other product for any reason whatsoever without a license from
Lookahead Communications, Inc.

- No charge or payment may be levied or accepted for The Personal
Entertainment Guide files

- Personal Entertainment Guide weekly files must not be decoded,
interpreted, hacked or modified in any manner.

Bulletin Board system operators may post the unregistered, User
Supported version of The Personal Entertainment Guide on their BBS for
downloading by their users without written permission only if the
above conditions are met, and only if no special fee is necessary to
access the The Personal Entertainment Guide files (a general fee to
access the BBS is ok).

Distributors of User Supported and Public Domain software MUST obtain
written permission from Lookahead Communications, Inc. before
distributing Personal Entertainment Guide and must follow the above
conditions. Permission is almost always granted; this requirement is
necessary to ensure protection for ourselves and The Personal
Entertainment Guide users from unscrupulous individuals.

LICENSE FOR THE WEEKLY UPDATE FILES

The Personal Entertainment Guide Weekly Update Files are copyright
(c) 1992 by Lookahead Communications, Inc.

The Personal Entertainment Guide Weekly Update Files are not, nor
have ever been, public domain or free software.

The Personal Entertainment Guide Weekly Update Files may not be
duplicated other than for backup purposes. They may not be uploaded
or transfered to any BBS or distributed in any other way. Personal
Entertainment Guide Weekly Update Files must be treated like a book,
in that the same copy of The Personal Entertainment Guide Weekly
Update Files may not be used in more than one computer at the same
time, just as a book may not be read by more than one person at the
same time (without making an illegal copy).

Bulletin Board system operators and Distributors of User Supported and
Public Domain software MUST NOT post or distribute the live,
non-expired Personal Entertainment Guide Weekly Update Files on their
BBS.


Table of Contents
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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Introducing The Personal Entertainment Guide
1.2 Computer Requirements
1.3 Installation
1.4 Authorization File
1.5 Personal Entertainment Guide Procedures

2. BASIC CONCEPTS

2.1 Weekly Cycle
2.2 Time Period Covered
2.3 Availability Of Listings
2.4 Backing Up The System
2.5 A Word About Programs And Categories
2.6 Screen Fields
2.7 Database Searches
2.8 Personal Entertainment Guide Directory
2.9 Personal Entertainment Guide Screens
2.10 Standard Function Keys
2.11 Cursor Control Keys
2.12 Advertising / Trivia Panels
2.13 The Personal Entertainment Guide Main Title Screen
2.14 Table of Contents Screen

3. FEATURE ARTICLES

3.1 Feature Articles Date Menu
3.2 Feature Articles Menu
3.3 Feature Article Screen

4. PROGRAM LISTINGS

4.1 Types Of Program Listings
4.2 Rolling Log
4.3 Electronic Grid
4.4 Alphabetic By Type / Category
4.5 Program Types Menu
4.6 Program Categories Menu
4.7 Alphabetic Program Listing
4.8 Program Showing Times
4.9 Program Detail or Program Description

5. FOLDERS AND PERSONAL LISTINGS

5.1 Introduction
5.2 Folders
5.3 Folder Database Searches
5.4 Title Folders And Favorite Folders
5.5 Personal Listings
5.6 Folders And Personal Listings Menu
5.7 Folder List
5.8 Create Folder Menu
5.9 Add To or Update Title Folder
5.10 Movie Folder Criteria
5.11 Sports Folder Criteria
5.12 Program Folder Criteria
5.13 Delete Folder List
5.14 Folder Contents
5.15 Title Folder Criteria
5.16 Add To Favorite Folder
5.17 Update Favorite Folders
5.18 Personal Listings Menu
5.19 Personal Listing

6. FILE MAINTENANCE

6.1 Introduction
6.2 The PEGBATCH Procedure

7. PRINTING PERSONAL LISTINGS (PEGPRINT)

7.1 Introduction
7.2 The PEGPRINT Utility

APPENDIX A. SUMMARY OF CONTROL KEYS
APPENDIX B. SAMPLE PERSONAL LISTING
APPENDIX C. FILE NAME CONVENTIONS


1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Introducing The Personal Entertainment Guide
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The Personal Entertainment Guide (TM) is the first television listing
magazine implemented on a personal computer. Like printed magazines,
the Personal Entertainment Guide contains feature articles, program
listings, grid listings and program break-outs by type and category.
But that's where the similarities end - the Personal Entertainment
Guide brings the television listings magazine into the age of the
personal computer. For now on, using a printed television magazine
will be like using a calculator instead of an electronic spreadsheet,
or a typewriter instead of a word processor.

Two decades ago, the channel line-up for even the biggest television
market was 7 VHF and a few UHF channels. Now, with cable reaching a
majority of television viewers, channel line-ups are typically 60 to
80 channels, and in some areas, 150 channels.

Despite these advances, program listings themselves haven't changed
significantly since the 1950's. A 75 channel line-up means having a
choice of more than 10,000 programs a week, with more than 1000 movie
titles. Printed magazines just can't keep up. As channel line-ups
grow longer, TV magazine publishers have to keep cutting the amount
and accessibility of program detail. The alternative is to mail out a
phonebook-size magazine every week - or transmit the listings
electronically.

Chances are that you are missing programs and movies you want to see
(and are paying to see) because you forgot they were on at a
particular time - or didn't know they were on in the first place.
Now that you have the Personal Entertainment Guide, you can have
unprecedented control of your TV watching and taping schedule.

What are the advantages of using the Personal Entertainment Guide?

First, the Personal Entertainment Guide provides complete listings -
with more channels and program information than any single source
currently available. Second, the Personal Entertainment Guide
provides program listings earlier than most weekly magazines. In most
cases, the Personal Entertainment Guide subscriber is able to view
listings up to three weeks in advance of air-time. Third, the
Personal Entertainment Guide provides unprecedented detail. For
example, the listing for most movies in the Personal Entertainment
Guide contains a synopsis, year of release, MPAA rating, quality
rating, director and six actors. The Personal Entertainment Guide
includes episode titles and descriptions of even the oldest syndicated
shows.

Finally, because the Personal Entertainment Guide is implemented on a
computer, it can be used to perform database-type searches and produce
customized listings. You can set up permanent "folders" to search for
movies and programs of interest to you. In this way, you can decide
what to watch on television without even looking at a TV program
listing.

The Personal Entertainment Guide is not an on-line service. Once a
week, at a convenient day and time, you must download the next issue
of the magazine. The data is delivered to your personal computer via
telephone and modem from CompuServe's Consumer Electronics Forum (type
GO CEFORUM). This weekly transmission is highly concentrated so that
the details of the 10,000 programs can be sent to you in only 5
minutes at 9600 baud (best deal!) or 20-25 minutes at 2400 Baud. Once
you receive your issue of the Personal Entertainment Guide, you do not
have to use the telephone and modem again to access the television
listings, folders and feature articles - they are immediately
available to you on your personal computer.


1.2 Computer Requirements
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The Personal Entertainment Guide has the following minimum hardware
and operating system requirements:

- IBM-compatible XT, AT, 386, 486, PS/1, PS/2 Personal Computer,
running DOS 2.1 or greater,

- 640K of memory (runs in 512K with DOS 5.0),

- a hard disk with approximately 3 MB of free space,

- CGA, EGA or VGA or compatible monitor (please note, mono
and Hercules adapters are NOT supported)

- in your CONFIG.SYS file, files should be at least 20,
(FILES=20), and buffers should be at least 20 (BUFFERS=20), the
more the better. Disk cache software is very useful and highly
recommended for making the Personal Entertainment Guide run
faster.

The Personal Entertainment Guide is compatible with WINDOWS 3.0, 3.1
(with certain restrictions), various TSR programs, networks and system
configurations. Conflict may arise if programs or drivers use too
much 640K memory for the Personal Entertainment Guide programs to run.


1.3 Installation
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In order to run The Personal Entertainment Guide, you must prepare the
PEG database.

Step 1. Make a unique directory in which to work with PEG. All
PEG files must be placed in this directory, and this
directory must be the default directory when running any
PEG programs. Example: \PEG2.

Step 2. Download or copy the file PEGWAR.EXE to the PEG
directory. Optionally, download or copy PEGFOL.EXE if
you want PEG's more advanced functions.

Step 3. Decompress the files by executing them - they are
self-extracting LHARC files.

Step 4. Download or copy one, two or three TV listings files.
Each file contains a week's worth of listings. The
format for these files is "ccwww.EXE" where cc is a
city designator, and www is a week number. For example,
the New York Metropolitan area file for the week of
5/9/92 is NY121.ZIP. The file for 5/16/92 is NY122.ZIP,
etc. Decompress these files by executing them.

Step 5. Type PEGBATCH at the DOS prompt. The first screen will
show you your authorization, and when it expires. If you
got to this screen, your authorization has not expired.

Press ENTER and the program will show you what TV listing
files it recognizes on the hard disk, whether they are
current (by your CPU's date), and what files are
available from Lookahead Communications, Inc. (again,
according to the date in your CPU). If the files are
current, press ENTER and a batch procedure will then
build a PEG database for you.

When this process is finished, run PEG from the DOS
prompt, and enjoy the world's first and only TV listing
magazine that runs on a computer. Please note that
should you interrupt the PEGBATCH procedure, you will
probably get a corrupt PEG database, and PEG will not
run.


1.4 Authorization File
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An authorization file (PEG.KEY) is pre-configured at Lookahead
Communications, Inc. to include certain information that you cannot
change. If this information is incorrect, you must contact PEG
customer service. The authorization file contains:

- Your name and address (if registered),

- Your city or metro area prefix,

- Your registered or demo account number,

- Your authorization expiration date.

If your software does not work properly, it may be due to an incorrect
value in one for one of these items.


1.5 Personal Entertainment Guide Procedures
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The Personal Entertainment Guide consists of three main procedures:

- PEG

View Feature Articles

View Program Listings

Setup And View Folders

Setup And View Personal Listings

- PEGBATCH

Maintains The PEG Database

- PEGPRINT

Format and Print Personal Listings

Typing PEG, PEGBATCH or PEGPRINT from the DOS prompt will initiate
these procedures.

Again, please Note: These commands MUST be run with the Personal
Entertainment Guide as the default directory (e.g. C:\PEG2).
You may wish to set up a .BAT file which takes care of this
automatically.


2. BASIC CONCEPTS


2.1 Weekly Cycle
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There are two basic parts to The Personal Entertainment Guide.
The first is the PEG program which is used to view program listings,
folder listings, personal listings, feature articles or setup folder
and Personal Listing criteria. To access this program, you type "PEG"
from the DOS prompt, and follow the instructions on the screen. Screen
navigation is handled with function keys that are listed on the bottom
of each screen. At any point, you can press F1 which displays help
information.

Once every one, two or three weeks, depending on what files are on
your disk and your downloading preferences, you must download new
listings. After a successful download and decompression of the new
file(s), you must use the second part of PEG, which is the database
reorganization procedure PEGBATCH. PEGBATCH will ask if you want to
delete any obsolete or inconsistent TV listings files, and then build
a new database with the new information.

The Personal Entertainment Guide week begins 12:00 A.M. Friday
night/Saturday morning and ends 11:55 P.M. Friday night.

Depending on what type of modem you use, a normal week's transmission
of 70 channels will take about 5 minutes at 9600 baud and 20-25
minutes at 2400 baud. The database maintenance and folder
recalculation take another few minutes - depending on how fast your
computer is and how many folders you keep.

There is one other utility provided for your use, namely PEGPRINT.
This utility is used to print a Personal Listing to a file or a
printer. You might want to run PEGPRINT once a week to provide a
hard-copy of your Personal Listings. In this way, you won't have to
go to your computer when you want to view your customized TV listing.


2.2 Time Period Covered
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You are able to view up to 3 weeks of television listings and feature
articles at a time with the Personal Entertainment Guide.

The Main Title screen lists the first and last day of coverage of the
PEG database.


2.3 Availability Of Listings
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Television listings are available no earlier than SUNDAY at 6:00 PM
for the week that is 2 weeks in the future. Three weeks of files are
maintained at all times on CompuServe's Consumer Electronics Forum
(GO CEFORUM). It is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.


2.4 Backing Up The System
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It is not necessary to backup the entire PEG system. If you lose the
PEG program files, they will be available from major BBS's or the PEG
BBS. If you lose the PEG database, you can get these files from the
same sources as the software.

The only files not replaceable are the folder files with the criteria
*you* set up for folders. There are six files, and they are
completely interlocked. They can be accessed as "FOLDERS.*". All
folders files must be backed-up and restored together. For example,
to backup the folder files to a floppy disk, you might type:

copy C:\PEG\FOLDERS.* A:*.*

To restore the folder files, you might type:

copy A:FOLDERS.* C:\PEG\*.*

After restoring the folder files, it is essential to run PEGBATCH
which recalculates the folders based upon the lastest database.


2.5 A Word About Programs And Categories
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Some programs have the same program titles but different program types
and categories, or descriptions. Some examples are:

- L.A. LAW - the movie

- L.A. LAW - the syndicated program

- L.A. LAW - the series

- Dennis The Menace - the movie

- Dennis The Menace - the cartoon show

- Dennis The Menace - the syndicated program

- Tarzan, The Ape Man - the movie starring Bo Derek

- Tarzan, The Ape Man - the movie starring Johnny Weismuller


2.6 Screen Fields
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Screen fields may contain any printable character including letters,
numbers and special symbols. Uppercase and lowercase are maintained
for display purposes only. All processing is case insensitive.
Except for leading and trailing spaces, all other spaces are counted
as part of the value of the field.

You may enter information into fields that are unprotected on the
screen. Leading and trailing spaces are ignored in all cases.
Enclosed spaces are considered part of the field. All enterable
fields are translated to uppercase. Pressing Esc clears the field to
its former entered value if one existed. Pressing Esc again clears
the field to an "unentered" status.


2.7 Database Searches
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On several screens, you have the ability to search the database for
programs of interest to you. These searches inspect program titles
only, not the channel, program type, category or any part of the
program description. These database searches should not be confused
with folder searches for which different rules apply (see Section 5.
FOLDERS AND PERSONAL LISTINGS). Depending upon which screen you are
using, the searches work in the following ways:

On screens that are chronological in nature (Rolling Log, Electronic
Grid, and Personal Listing) the value entered into the Find field is
compared with all parts of program titles. For example, the search
for the value "LUC" will match "Mr. Lucky" as well as "I Love Lucy".
The spelling and punctuation for that portion of the title that is
entered must be exact. For example, the value

"ZAN, THE"

would match "TARZAN, THE APE MAN", however,

"ZAN THE"

would not because of the missing comma. The search is case
insensitive.

On screens that are alphabetical in nature (Alphabetic Program
Listing, Title Folder Criteria and Folder Contents), the value entered
into the search field is used to advance the listing to the first
program title not less than the search field. The search is case
insensitive.


2.8 Personal Entertainment Guide Directory
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The Personal Entertainment Guide software is designed to use ONLY the
files in its directory. If you used the recommended directory, that
directory would be C:\PEG2. No software supplied by Lookahead
Communications, Inc. will create a directory, or load files into any
directory other than the Personal Entertainment Guide directory. The
only exception is the PEGSET.COM utility which creates the PEG
directory during disk installation.

Also, no software supplied by Lookahead Communications, Inc. can
access any file not in the Personal Entertainment Guide directory.


2.9 Personal Entertainment Guide Screens
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The Personal Entertainment Guide screens are standardized. Each
screen contains:

Top Line Of Screen:

- Current Date

- Current Time

- Name Of Application (Personal Entertainment Guide)

- Status of the System: 'System Ready', 'System Busy', or
'Press [ENTER]'.

Title Of Screen

Various Protected And Unprotected Fields

Advertising / Trivia Panel

Bottom Line - List Of Active Function Keys


2.10 Standard Function Keys
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There is a set of standard function keys that is available on every
screen. In some cases, in order to save space, the listing of some of
these keys is omitted. Even when not listed, these keys are always
active. Function keys that are unique to a screen are always listed
on the bottom line of the screen.

The standard function keys are:

F1 - Help - displays the appropriate help screen. This key is
always listed.

F2 - Exit - cancels the current screen, displays previous screen.
This key is always listed.

F4 - Go To Main Title Screen - cancels the current screen, and
displays Main Title screen. This key is never listed.

F6 - Quit - cancels the current screen, exits to DOS. This key
is always listed.

F9 - moves cursor to first field on screen. This key is never
listed.

The function keys unique to an individual screen are always listed
across the bottom line of the screen.


2.11 Cursor Control Keys
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The keys that control the cursor on Personal Entertainment Guide
screens are:

TAB or DOWN ARROW - positions the cursor to the next field on the
screen page.

SHIFT+TAB (REVERSE-TAB) or UP ARROW - positions the cursor to the
previous field on the screen page.

F9 - moves cursor to first field on screen.

In no case do keys that control the cursor cause paging or scrolling.


2.12 Advertising / Trivia Panels
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PEG has a Trivia / Advertising panel at the bottom of each screen.
This panel contains PEG Trivia, advertising and announcements from
Lookahead Communications, Inc. This panel changes automatically and
does not require intervention. If you wish to repeat a panel or skip
ahead faster than the normal rate, you can use the INS and DEL keys.
When INS is pressed, the next panel is displayed. When DEL is
pressed, the previous panel is displayed.

Whenever you go to the Main Title screen or the Table Of Contents
screen, the Trivia / Advertising Panel sequence is temporarily
interrupted. The system displays the Volume and Issue Number, Cable
Company edition, and range of dates covered by the television listings
database. Upon returning to other PEG screens, the system displays
the Trivia / Advertising panel that was previously in effect.


2.13 The Personal Entertainment Guide Main Title Screen
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The PEG software starts by displaying the Main Title screen. Pressing
any key will display the next screen. The Main Title screen provides
the following information:

Version Number - The version number of the PEG software.

Copyright - The Lookahead Communication, Inc. copyright.

Your License - This copy of the software, if registered, is
exclusively licensed to the person named on the screen. If your
name or address is incorrect, please contact PEG customer
service.

In the Advertising / Trivia Panel:

- Volume Number and Issue Number - PEG is a computerized
magazine. This is the volume and issue number.

- City Edition - PEG can be customized for your city or
cable system. If the the edition specified is incorrect,
please contact PEG customer service.

- TV Listings Date Range - The range of dates of TV Listings
currently available in the PEG database.


2.14 Table of Contents Screen
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The Table of Contents screen is a menu that allows you to access all
system functions. To access a function, you can either highlight a
menu selection with the cursor and press ENTER, or press the number or
letter key (not a function key) that is associated with the menu
selection.

Feature Articles - Press 1 - provides access to feature articles.

Rolling Log - Press 2 - provides a continuous listing of all
program events by starting date and time.

Electronic Grid - Press 3 - provides a listing of program events
which are being shown at a particular time (regardless of starting
time), and for each event, the next event on that channel.

Alphabetic By Type / Category - Press 4 - provides a alphabetical
listing of programs by program type and category.

Folders and Personal Listings - Press 5 - provides the ability to
create and view folders based on selection criteria, and view
personal listings.

Quit - Press Q - ends the PEG session and returns to DOS.


3. FEATURE ARTICLES

3.1 Feature Articles Date Menu
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The Feature Articles Date Menu provides a list of dates representing
the feature articles available in the Personal Entertainment Guide.
The dates correspond to the first day of the week represented. The
articles and their contents are specific to the week selected and vary
from week to week.

To access the set of feature articles for a particular date, you can
either highlight a date with the cursor and press ENTER, or press the
number or letter key (not a function key) associated with the date.


3.2 Feature Articles Menu
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The Feature Articles Menu provides a list of the feature articles
available for the date selected in the Feature Articles Date Menu
screen.

To access a feature article, you can either highlight the feature
article with the cursor and press ENTER or press the number or letter
key (not a function key) that is associated with the feature article.


3.3 Feature Article Screen
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The Feature Article screen provides the ability to view a selected
feature article.

The paging control keys available for this screen are:

PAGE DOWN - positions the screen to the next page of text.

PAGE UP - positions the screen to the previous page of text.

HOME - displays the first page of text.

END - displays the last page of text.


4. PROGRAM LISTINGS

4.1 Types Of Program Listings
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The Personal Entertainment Guide contains complete television program
listings for the period specified on the Main Title screen. These
programs include all movie, program, and sports events. There are
three ways of viewing the complete set of program listings. The first
two ways, the Rolling Log and Electronic Grid, are chronological
listings, that is, each program event is listed in date, time and
channel order. When either of these listings is selected, the
appropriate screen is displayed with the listing "opened to" the
current date and time.

The third way of viewing the complete set of program listings is
Alphabetic By Type / Category. In this case, all of the programs in
the database are listed alphabetically. Sub-sets of the alphabetical
listings can be displayed by choosing specific program types and
categories on the Program Types Menu and Program Categories Menu. If
a particular program is of interest, it can be highlighted with the
cursor, and by pressing ENTER, a chronological list of associated
program events can be displayed (see Program Showing Times screen).


4.2 Rolling Log
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The Rolling Log is a listing of program events in chronological order,
grouped by starting time. This listing is similar to a television
magazine program listing.

To view the details associated with a program event listed on this
screen, position the cursor to highlight the program event and press
ENTER. To place a program in one of your favorite title folders,
position the cursor to highlight the program event and press F3.

The screen may be positioned using the Date, Time and Search fields.
To position the screen to a different time or date, enter a new value
in the Time or Date fields and press F7. The Date and Time fields may
be changed individually or together.

To find the next occurrence of a string value in the Rolling Log
listing, enter the value in the Find field and press F8. The system
will place the cursor on the next occurrence of a program title that
in some part matches the value in the Find field. Subsequent pressing
of F8 searches for the next occurrence of the Find field value until
the end of the database is reached.

The information provided on the Rolling Log screen is:

- A heading entitled "Rolling Log For" followed by the day of
week, calendar date and time.

- Page - the number of the page of the program listing within the
date and time displayed.

- Program events with the following information:

- Station / Network Id - the mnemonic of the station or
network, for example: HBO, PPV, WCBS.

- Program Title - the title of the program, movie, or sports
event. If the program event is a movie, the prefix "MOVIE:"
is added to the beginning of the program title. This prefix
is not inspected in searches.

- Category - the program category of the program listed, such
as MUSICAL, PUBLIC AFFAIRS, COMEDY.

- Minutes - the duration of the program expressed in minutes
(rounded to 5 minute intervals).

Up to 8 program events can be displayed on a page of the Rolling Log.

The paging control keys available for this screen are:

PAGE DOWN - positions the screen to the next page of program
events.

PAGE UP - positions the screen to the previous page of program
events.

CTRL-PAGE DOWN - positions the screen to the displayed date and
time plus 24 hours.

CTRL-PAGE UP - positions the screen to the displayed date and time
minus 24 hours.

HOME - positions the screen to the beginning of the displayed
week. If the HOME key is pressed again, the screen is positioned
to the beginning of the previous week. Repeated pressing of the
HOME key positions the screen to the beginning of previous weeks
until the first week of data is reached.

END - positions the screen to the end of the displayed week. If
the END key is pressed again, the screen is positioned to the end
of the next week. Repeated pressing of the END key positions the
screen to future weeks until the last week of data is reached.

CTRL-HOME - positions the screen to the beginning of the first
week of data.

CTRL-END - positions the screen to the end of the last week of
data.

The special function keys available for this screen are:

F3 - Folder - provides the ability to add the highlighted program
to a favorite title folder. The Add To Favorite Folder screen is
displayed. For a description of the Add To Favorite Folder
screen, please refer to Section 5. - FOLDERS AND PERSONAL
LISTINGS.

F7 - Time - positions the screen to the date and time in the Date
and Time fields. The first page of the listing for that date and
time is displayed.

F8 - Find - searches the database for a match of program titles
with the value specified in the Find field.

ENTER - Detail - displays details about the highlighted program
event.


4.3 Electronic Grid
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The Electronic Grid screen is a listing of program events showing at a
particular time. This screen is similar to a window of a "grid" found
in television magazines. The window may be scrolled up and down to
view a full range of channels, or right and left to view different
time periods.

This screen is most useful for seeing what is on a given channel at a
particular time. For example, if you turn on the TV and want the
details on a movie on HBO that is in progress, you need only display
the Electronic Grid screen and look at HBO. Even though the movie may
have been on for a period of time, you don't have to search backwards
in the program listing to find it.

Another use of this screen is to check for TV watching or taping
schedule conflicts. For example, if you wanted to tape a particular
movie, you can use the Electronic Grid screen to see if there are
other programs that you might want to view or tape showing at the same
time. If there is a conflict, you can use the the Program Showing
Times screen to see all other times that each of the programs is on,
so that you can plan an optimal taping schedule.

To view the details associated with a program event listed on this
screen, position the cursor to highlight the program event and press
ENTER. To place a program in one of your favorite title folders,
position the cursor to highlight the program and press F3.

The screen may be positioned using the Date, Time and Search fields.
To position the screen to a different time or date, enter a new value
in the Time or Date fields and press F7. The Date and Time fields may
be changed individually or together.

To find the next occurrence of a string value in the Electronic Grid
listing, enter the value in the Find field and press F8. The system
will place the cursor on the next occurrence of the program title (or
any portion of the program title) matching the value in the Find
field. Subsequent pressing of F8 searches for the next occurrence of
the Find field value until the end of the database is reached.

This screen can be displayed in two formats. Pressing F5 toggles
between the two formats. The information common to both formats is:

A heading entitled "Electronic Grid For" followed by the day of
week, calendar date and time.

Page - the number of the page of the program listing within the
date and time displayed.

Program events with the following information:

- Station / Network Id - the mnemonic of the station or
network, for example: HBO, PPV, WCBS.

- Program Title - the title of the program, movie, or sports
event showing on this channel at the displayed date and time.

- The default format consists of:

> Minutes Until - the number of minutes from the displayed
date and time until the time that the next program event
will be shown on this channel.

> Next Program Title - the title of the next program event
that will be shown on this channel.

- The alternate format consists of:

> Begin - the time that the current program started. This
is expressed in hours and minutes followed by AM or PM.

> Elapsed - the number of minutes that have elapsed since
the start of the program. For example, if the displayed
time is 8:30 PM and the program had started at 8:00 PM,
the Elapsed field would contain 30. If the program had
started at 8:05 PM, the Elapsed field would contain 25.

> Next - the number of minutes until the next program
starts. For example, if the displayed time is 8:30 PM
and the next program starts at 9:00 PM, the Next field
would contain 30. If the next program starts at 8:35 PM,
the next field would contain 5.

Up to 8 channels can be displayed on a page of the Electronic Grid
screen.

The paging control keys available for this screen are:

PAGE DOWN - positions the screen to the next page of channels.

PAGE UP - positions the screen to the previous page of channels.

"+" - positions the screen to the next time period (also works with
"=").

"-" - positions the screen to the previous time period (also works
with "_").

CTRL-PAGE DOWN - positions the screen to the displayed channels on
the displayed date and time plus 24 hours.

CTRL-PAGE UP - positions the screen to the displayed channels on
the displayed date and time minus 24 hours.

HOME - positions the screen to the beginning of the displayed
week. If the HOME key is pressed again, the screen is positioned
to the beginning of the previous week. Repeated pressing of the
HOME key positions the screen to the beginning of previous weeks
until the first week of data is reached.

END - positions the screen to the end of the displayed week. If
the END key is pressed again, the screen is positioned to the end
of the next week. Repeated pressing of the END key positions the
screen to future weeks until the last week of data is reached.

CTRL-HOME - positions the screen to the beginning of the first
week of data.

CTRL-END - positions the screen to the end of the last week of
data.

The special function keys available for this screen are:

F3 - Folder - provides the ability to add the highlighted program
to a favorite title folder. The Add Title To Favorite Folder
screen is displayed. For a description of the Add To Favorite
Folder screen, please refer to Section 5. - FOLDERS AND PERSONAL
LISTINGS.

F5 - Format - toggles the display between the default and
alternate formats.

F7 - Time - positions the screen to the date and time in the Date
and Time fields. The first page of the listing for that date and
time is displayed.

F8 - Find - searches the database for a match of program titles
with the value specified in the Find field.

ENTER - Detail - displays details about the highlighted program
event.


4.4 Alphabetic By Type / Category
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Programs showing in the weeks covered by the Personal Entertainment
Guide database can be displayed alphabetically either in their
totality or segregated by program type and category. When Alphabetic
By Type / Category is selected from the Table Of Contents screen, the
system displays the Program Types Menu. You can either select ALL
TYPES, or one of the program types (e.g. MOVIES), and press ENTER.
The system then displays the Program Categories Menu. You can either
select ALL CATEGORIES or one of the categories on this screen (the
screen is pagable) and press ENTER. The system displays the
Alphabetic Program Listing screen which is a pagable alphabetic
listing of all programs matching the type and category you've
selected.

If you wish to see the showing times of one of the programs in the
Alphabetic Program Listing, highlight the program with the cursor and
press ENTER. The system will display the Program Showing Times
screen.


4.5 Program Types Menu
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The Program Types Menu provides the ability to select a program type
currently in the database.

To select a program type listed on this screen, position the cursor to
highlight the program type and press ENTER.

The special function key available for this screen is:

ENTER - Detail - displays a list of program categories associated
with the program type selected.


4.6 Program Categories Menu
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The Program Categories Menu provides the ability to select a program
category currently in the database that is associated with the program
type previously selected. If there are more categories than can fit
on one page, you can use the PAGE DOWN or PAGE UP keys to view
categories on other pages of the screen. The current page number and
total number of pages are listed in the screen heading.

To select a program category listed on this screen, position the
cursor to highlight the program category and press ENTER.

The special function key available for this screen is:

ENTER - Detail - displays a list of programs associated with the
program type and category selected.


4.7 Alphabetic Program Listing
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The Alphabetic Program Listing screen displays all of the programs in
the database in alphabetical order that are of the type and category
previously selected. This screen can be paged backward or forward.
To skip to a particular program, enter the beginning letters in the
search field and press F8.

To view a list of showing times for the program, highlight the program
with the cursor and press ENTER. To place a program in a favorite
title folder, highlight the program with the cursor and press F3.

The information provided on this screen is:

Heading - the program type and category previously selected

Program Information, which includes:

- Program Title - the name or title of the program, movie, or
sports event.

- Program Type - the type of the program.

- Program Category - the category of the program.

Up to 8 programs can be displayed on a page.

The paging control keys available for this screen are:

HOME - positions the screen to the beginning of the program list.

END - positions the screen to the end of the program list.

The special function keys available for this screen are:

F8 - Search - searches the list of programs for the title
beginning with the search field. Either the entire title or the
beginning letters of the title can be entered.

ENTER - Detail - displays the Program Showing Times screen for the
highlighted program.


4.8 Program Showing Times
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The Program Showing Times screen displays all showing times (events)
associated with a program. The screen can be paged backward and
forward. If a program has more than 200 showings, only the first 200
showings will be displayed.

To see further details on a program showing, highlight the showing
time with the cursor and press ENTER.

When first displayed, the Showing Times screen represents a single
program, with a unique type and category. It may be desirable to see
the showing times of other programs with the same name but different
types, categories or descriptions. If there is a potential that other
such programs exist, the system will display "F8-Other Times" at the
bottom of the screen. If this caption is displayed, pressing F8 will
cause the system to add to the current list of program showing times,
the showing times of all programs with the same name but different
types, categories or descriptions.

The fields on this screen are:

Heading - the title of the program previously selected.

Total Showings - the total number of times that the selected
program will be shown during the time period covered by the
database.

Showing Times - the showing times (events) associated with
the program. The showing times are numbered in chronological
order. The following information is provided for each showing
time entry:

- Date and Time - the day of the week, calendar date, and time
that the selected program, movie, or sport program or event
is scheduled.

- Channel/Id - the number and/or mnemonic of the channel
showing the selected program.

- Short Description - a half-line of description of the
program, movie, or sports event for identification purposes.
The description format depends on the program type. The
episode or sub-title is provided for programs. The year,
country and leading actor/actress are provided for movies.
The team and city are provided for sports events.

Up to 8 showing times can be displayed on a page.

The paging control keys available for this screen are:

PAGE DOWN - positions the screen to the next page of program
showing times.

PAGE UP - positions the screen to the previous page of program
showing times.

HOME - positions the screen to the beginning of the program
showing times.

The special function keys available for this screen are:

F8 - More Pgms - adds to the list of program showing times
displayed on this screen the showing times of all programs in the
database with the same name but different types, categories and
descriptions.

ENTER - Detail - displays the Program Detail screen for the
highlighted program showing time.


4.9 Program Detail or Program Description
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The Program Detail screen provides complete detailed information for
the specified program event. Only one program is listed on a screen.
The screen provides two sets of information.

The first set of information is standard for every program type:

Program Title - the title of the movie, program, or sports event
that was selected.

Date - the date of the program event.

Time - the time of the program event.

Channel/Id - the number and/or mnemonic of the channel showing the
selected program, movie, or sports event.

Duration - the length of the program event expressed in minutes.

Category - the category of the program event.

Type - the type of the program event.

The second set of information varies depending on the program type.
The detail provided for each type is:

Movie

- Quality Stars - the number of stars assigned to the movie.
The possible values range from .5 to 4.0, at intervals of
.5.

- Year - the year that the movie was released.

- Country - the country of origin of the movie.

- Synopsis - a synopsis or description of the movie.

- Actor / Actress - the name of an actor or actress in the
movie. Up to six actors and actresses are maintained.

- Director - the name of the director. There may be more than
one director.

- MPAA Rating - the MPAA rating assigned to the movie. Only
movies on pay channels are listed with a MPAA rating. The
possible ratings are G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17, X, and NR.

- Expanded Rating - a descriptive explanation of the MPAA
rating, for example, SEXUAL SITUATIONS, LANGUAGE, NUDITY,
VIOLENCE, etc.

Program

- Episode or Sub-Title - the title of the episode or the
sub-title of the program.

- Description - the description of the program.

- Host / Guests / Performer - specific host, guests, or
performers listed for a program.

Sports Event

- Team - the name of the sports team.

- City - the sports team's city or the city in which the
sports event takes place.

- Description - the description of the sports event.

- Host / Guests / Athletes - specific host, guests, or
athletes listed for a program.

The special function key available for this screen is:

F8 - Other Times - displays the Showing Times screen for the
displayed program.


5. FOLDERS AND PERSONAL LISTINGS

5.1 Introduction
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One of the most useful features of the Personal Entertainment Guide is
its ability to maintain a comprehensive database of a subscriber's
television viewing preferences. Using these preferences, the software
is able to pick out programs of interest as well as provide customized
listings. The mechanism for this is the Folder and Personal Listings
functions. There are 14 screens in the Personal Entertainment Guide
that support these functions.


5.2 Folders
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A folder consists of:

- A user specified name, e.g. "Kevin Costner Movies",

- User specified program search criteria, such as a movie actor or
sports team, referred to as the "criteria" of the folder,

- A list of programs that meet the specified criteria, referred to
as the "contents" of the folder,

- Optionally, a reference to a Personal Listing.

When you first create a folder, the system searches the entire
database to find programs that match the search criteria you specify.
A folder may contain as many programs as fit the search criteria.
Once specified, the folder's contents may be displayed without having
to re-search the database. When a new issue of the Personal
Entertainment Guide is loaded onto your disk, the system recalculates
all of the folders so that they reflect current programs.

There are four types of folders: MOVIE, SPORTS, PROGRAM and TITLE.
The first three types: MOVIE, SPORTS and PROGRAM correspond to the
three types of programs (MOVIE, SPORTS and PROGRAM), and use search
criteria specific to the type of program. MOVIE folders have search
criteria relevant to movies, such as year of release, director, MPAA
rating, etc. SPORTS folders have search criteria such as team and
city. PROGRAM folders have general description criteria.

The fourth type of folder, TITLE, is different, in that it may contain
unrelated programs of any type. The search criteria for a TITLE
folder is a set of program titles. The purpose of the TITLE folder is
to hold programs that can't be categorized in any other way, for
example "PROGRAMS I WANT TO TAPE". TITLE folders are handy for
building folders from other folders, or from any of the listings
screens. For example, if you are going through all of the
science-fiction movies and you see one or more favorites, you can
place those favorites in a folder which might be called "MY FAVORITE
SCI-FI MOVIES" by highlighting the movie, and pressing F3.

There is a maximum of 255 folders permitted. Each folder can hold as
many programs as fit the folder criteria. A folder can be associated
with only one Personal Listing.


5.3 Folder Database Searches
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When using a MOVIE, SPORTS or PROGRAM type folder to search the
database, the values entered into search fields are matched against
ALL parts of applicable fields contained in the program description.
For example, if the value "DREW" is entered into the actor/actress
field, it would match "Dana Andrews", "Andrew Stevens", and "Drew
Barrymore", etc.

The spelling and punctuation of titles, names and other criteria
fields must have an exact match in the database. For example, the
value

"ZAN, THE" entered in the title search field

would match the title "TARZAN, THE APE MAN", however,

"ZAN THE"

would not because of the missing comma.

In order for a program to be selected in a folder database search, ALL
fields entered must have valid matches. For example, if, in a MOVIE
folder, "PG-13" is entered for MPAA Rating, and "DRAMA" is entered for
category, only movies that are BOTH rated PG-13 and are dramas will be
selected. Search fields not entered do not play a part in the
database search.

Helpful Hint: You should always start with as broad a folder search
as possible, using as little information or as few words as you can.
If the folder search finds more matches than you want, you can go back
to the criteria screen and enter more specific information.

One problem that you might have when searching for an actor/actress is
that some actors/actresses list themselves with different stage names
at different points in their career. For example, the actor "SAM
JONES" is sometimes listed as "SAM J. JONES". Other examples include
the inconsistent use of nicknames such as "BILL" instead of "WILLIAM"
or "BOB" instead of "ROBERT", etc.

If you're not sure how a name or some other search value is spelled or
punctuated, use a part of the name or value as a first cut, for
example "JONES". Once you establish how an name or value is spelled
in the database, use that spelling.

When using a TITLE type folder to search titles, the title of the
program must be spelled COMPLETELY and EXACTLY, including
punctutation. For example, "Tarzan, The Ape Man" and "Car 54, Where
Are You?" must contain proper punctuation.


5.4 Title Folders And Favorite Folders
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There are two methods provided in the Personal Entertainment Guide for
adding titles to TITLE folders. The first method is to use the Add To
Or Update Title Folder screen. To use this screen, you type the title
of the program you wish to be used as folder search criteria. This is
the only method of entering the title of a program that is not
currently showing. For example, if you are interested in a movie such
as "THE TEN COMMANDMENTS" whose next showing date may not be for 6
months, you would have to use the Add To Or Update Title Folder
screen.

The second method of adding titles to a TITLE folder is to use an
existing program or folder contents listing. The idea behind this is
to allow you to view the Rolling Log screen, the Electronic Grid
screen, the Alphabetic By Type / Category screen or the Folder
Contents screen of any type of folder, choose programs of interest,
and directly add their titles to one or more TITLE folder. In this
way, you can go through listings and make up folders of programs you
want to watch or tape and place them in folders with functional names
such as "FAVORITE SCI-FI MOVIES", "MUSIC PROGRAMS TO TAPE", etc.

To select a program, highlight it on one of the above mentioned
screens with the cursor and press F3. The system will display the
"Add To Favorite Folder" screen. This screen is a menu containing the
names of up to 10 TITLE folders that you can set to any folder names
you want. By selecting a folder name from this menu, you can directly
add the desired title to the TITLE folder. Because this menu of TITLE
folders can list only 10 names, the TITLE folders listed on this
screen are called "Favorite Title Folders" or "Favorite Folders". Any
TITLE folder can be a favorite folder. Other than their presence on
this screen, there is no difference between Favorite Title Folders and
ordinary Title Folders.


5.5 Personal Listings
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A Personal Listing is a chronological listing of program events
associated with one or more folders with a specific Personal Listing
name. Its format and functions are the same as the Rolling Log
screen. The relationship between programs, folders and Personal
Listings is setup by the user in the folder. There is a field for
every type of folder called "Personal Listing Id". This name is the
cross-reference between folders and Personal Listings, and the link
between different folders for a family member. When you display a
Personal Listing, you are actually displaying the combination of all
programs selected by all folders referring to the Personal Listing.
Personal Listings may be combinations of any type of folder, and as
many folders as you like - even all of the folders.


5.6 Folders And Personal Listings Menu
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The Folders And Personal Listings Menu is used to access folder and
Personal Listing functions. To select a function, either highlight
the function with the cursor and press ENTER, or press the number or
letter key (not the function key) associated with the function.

The functions available from this screen are:

View Personal Listings - Press 1 - displays the Personal Listings
Menu screen.

View or Modify Folders - Press 2 - displays a list of the folders
that can be displayed or modified.

Create Folder - Press 3 - displays the Create Folder Menu.

Delete Folder - Press 4 - displays a list of folders that can be
deleted.

Exit - Press X - returns to the Table of Contents screen.

The special function key available for this screen is:

ENTER - Proceed - accesses the function highlighted by the cursor.


5.7 Folder List
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The Folder List screen displays folders in alphabetical order. It can
be paged forward or backward. To skip to a particular folder, enter
the beginning letters in the Search field and press F8. Folder
contents can be displayed by highlighting a folder with the cursor and
pressing ENTER. Folder criteria can be displayed by highlighting a
folder with the cursor and pressing F5. The screen displayed for
folder criteria is dependent on the type of folder selected.

To update a MOVIE, SPORTS or PROGRAM folder, use the "Criteria"
function (F5). When the appropriate folder criteria screen is
displayed, you can make updates and recalculate the folder.

There are two functions provided for updating TITLE folders. In
either case, a folder must be highlighted with cursor. To add a title
to the folder or update the Personal Listing cross-reference name in
the folder, use the "Add To" function (F3). This will display the Add
To Or Update Title Folder screen, from which the title folder can be
updated. The "Add To" function will only work for TITLE folders. To
delete a title from the folder, use the "Criteria" function (F5).
This will display the Title Folder Criteria screen. You can highlight
and delete individual program titles from this screen.

The information provided on this screen is:

Total Folders - the number of folders currently in the system.

Folders Entries - for each folder listed, the following
information is provided:

- Name - the name of the folder.

- Type - the type of folder. The types available are PROGRAM,
MOVIE, SPORTS and TITLE.

- Last Update - the date and time that the folder was last
modified by you (not the system).

- Pgms - the number of programs that are in the folder because
they satisfy the criteria of the folder based on the current
program listings.

- Id - the Personal Listing name assigned to the folder.

Up to 8 folders are displayed on a page.

The paging control keys available for this screen are:

PAGE DOWN - positions the screen to the next page of the folder
list.

PAGE UP - positions the screen to the previous page of the folder
list.

HOME - positions the screen to the beginning of the folder list.

END - positions the screen to the end of the folder list.

The special function keys available for this screen are:

F3 - Add To - provides the ability to add a title to or modify the
Personal Listing name of TITLE folders. This function will not
work with MOVIE, SPORTS or PROGRAM folders.

F5 - Criteria - displays either the Movie Folder Criteria, Sports
Folder Criteria, Program Folder Criteria, or Title Folder Criteria
screen for the highlighted folder. The screen displayed depends
on the the type of folder selected.

F8 - Search - positions the screen to the folder name beginning
with the value in the "Search For" field.

ENTER - Contents - displays the contents of the folder highlighted
by the cursor.


5.8 Create Folder Menu
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The Create Folder Menu is used to select the type of folder you wish
to create. To select a folder type, either highlight the folder type
with the cursor and press ENTER, or press the number (not the function
key) associated with the folder type.

The information provided on this screen is:

Title Folder - Press 1 - displays the Add To Or Update Title
Folder screen.

Movie Folder - Press 2 - displays the Movie Folder Criteria
screen.

Sports Folder - Press 3 - displays the Sports Folder Criteria
screen.

Program Folder - Press 4 - displays the Program Folder Criteria
screen.

Exit - Press X - returns to the Folders and Personal Listings
Menu.

The special function key available for this screen is:

ENTER - Proceed - displays the the "Movie Folder Criteria",
"Sports Folder Criteria", "Program Folder Criteria", or "Add To Or
Update Title Folder" screen depending on what folder type is
highlighted.


5.9 Add To or Update Title Folder
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The Add To Or Update Title Folder screen is used to display, update or
create a title folder. If a title is entered, it must be spelled
EXACTLY and COMPLETELY as it appears in the program listing, including
punctuation. If there is any doubt, check the spelling in the
listing. This screen can also be used to add or update the Personal
Listing name associated with the folder. To add or update the folder,
enter applicable fields on the screen and press F8.

The fields on this screen are:

Folder Name - a unique name assigned to the folder. Only one
folder can be assigned this name. The name should be descriptive
because it is used to identify the folder on other screens and the
PEGPRINT printout.

Program Title - the title of the program. The spelling and
punctuation must be exact. The entire name must be entered,
including punctuation.

Personal List Id - the Personal Listing name to be assigned to
this folder. The contents of this folder and all other folders
with the same Personal Listing name will be combined in a Personal
Listing with that name.

The special function keys available for this screen are:

F5 - Criteria - displays the Title Folder Criteria screen for this
folder.

F8 - Update - Creates or updates the folder with the information
entered. If a program title was entered, searches the current
database for the title and displays the status of that search.

F10 - Contents - displays the contents of the folder highlighted
by the cursor.


5.10 Movie Folder Criteria
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The Movie Folder Criteria screen provides the ability to display, add
or update MOVIE folders with selection criteria, and recalculate the
contents of the folder if necessary. The criteria is specific for
movies and the system will search only movies in the database. The
following fields are provided on this screen:

Movie Folder Name - a unique name assigned to the folder. Only
one folder can be assigned this name. The name should be
descriptive because it is used to identify the folder on other
screens and the PEGPRINT printout.

Personal List Id - the Personal Listing name to be associated with
this folder. The Personal Listing name associated with this
folder may be used with other folders of any type as well.

Movie Title - the title of the movie.

Movie Category - the category associated with the movie. The
current list of movie categories is available using the Categories
Menu. The category does not have to currently exist in the
database to be valid for this field.

Description - a synopsis of the movie.

Quality Stars - the number of stars assigned to the movie. The
possible values range from .5 to 4.0, at intervals of .5.

Actor / Actress - the name of an actor or actress in the movie. A
maximum of six actors and actresses is maintained in the database.

Director - the name of the director. There may be more than one
director for a movie.

Year (s) - the year that the movie was released. An inclusive
range of years can be specified.

Country - the country in which the movie was made. Since the
country name is usually an abbreviation, check the program
listings for the spelling of country names.

MPAA Rating - the rating of the MPAA assigned to the movie. Only
movies on pay channels have an MPAA rating. The possible ratings
are G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17, X, and NR.

Expanded Rating - the description that provides greater detail on
the reason behind the MPAA rating. This expanded rating includes
SEXUAL SITUATIONS, VIOLENCE, NUDITY, LANGUAGE, etc. The value
entered into this field can be preceded by the word "NOT" followed
by a space. This indicates that you want to select movies that do
NOT have the expanded rating specified. For example, if you want
to select certain movies, but you want to exclude those movies
with nudity, you would specify "NOT NUDITY".

The special function keys available for this screen are:

F8 - Save/Search - 1) Creates or updates the folder with the
criteria entered. 2) Searches the current database for movies
matching the selection criteria. If any movies are found, the
Folder Contents screen with a list of all movies that meet the
criteria specified is displayed.

F10 - Clear - clears all the fields on the screen.


5.11 Sports Folder Criteria
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The Sports Folder Criteria screen provides the ability to display, add
or update SPORTS folders with selection criteria, and recalculate the
contents of the folder if necessary. The criteria is specific for
sports and the system will search only sports events in the database.
The following fields are provided on this screen:

Sports Folder Name - a unique name assigned to the folder. Only
one folder can be assigned this name. The name should be
descriptive because it is used to identify the folder on other
screens and the PEGPRINT printout.

Personal List Id - the Personal Listing name to be associated with
this folder. The Personal Listing name associated with this
folder may be used with other folders of any type as well.

Program Title - the title of the sports event.

Sports Category - the category associated with the sports event.
The current list of sports event categories is available using the
Categories Menu. The category does not have to currently exist in
the database to be valid for this field.

Team - the name of the sports team.

City - the sports team's city, or the city in which the sports
event takes place.

Description - a description of the sports event.

Host / Guests / Athletes - specific host, guests, or athlete
listed for a sports event.

The special function keys available for this screen are:

F8 - Save/Search - 1) Creates or updates the folder with the
criteria entered. 2) Searches the current database for sports
events matching the selection criteria. If any sports events are
found, the Folder Contents screen with a list of all sports events
that meet the criteria specified is displayed.

F10 - Clear - clears all the fields on the screen.


5.12 Program Folder Criteria
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The Program Folder Criteria screen provides the ability to display,
add or update PROGRAM folders with selection criteria, and recalculate
the contents of the folder if necessary. The criteria is specific for
programs (i.e. not MOVIE or SPORTS) and the system will search only
non-movie, non-sports events in the database. The following fields
are provided on this screen:

Program Folder Name - a unique name assigned to the folder. Only
one folder can be assigned this name. The name should be
descriptive because it is used to identify the folder on other
screens and the PEGPRINT printout.

Personal List Id - the Personal Listing name to be associated with
this folder. The Personal Listing name associated with this
folder may be used with other folders of any type as well.

Program Title - the title of the program event.

Episode Or Sub-Title - the episode or sub-title of the program
event.

Program Category - the category associated with the program event.
The current list of program categories is available using the
Categories Menu. The category does not have to currently exist in
the database to be valid for this field.

Description - a description of the program episode.

Host / Guests / Performers - specific host, guests, or performer
listed for a program event.

The special function keys available for this screen are:

F8 - Save/Search - 1) Creates or updates the folder with the
criteria entered. 2) Searches the current database for program
events matching the selection criteria. If any program events are
found, the Folder Contents screen with a list of all program
events that meet the criteria specified is displayed.

F10 - Clear - clears all the fields on the screen.


5.13 Delete Folder List
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The Delete Folder List screen displays folders in alphabetical order.
It is the same as the Folder List screen except that the F3 function
is used to delete folders. In order to delete a folder, highlight it
with the cursor and press F3. Remember to be careful when using this
screen as the system does not ask for confirmation when deleting a
folder. When a folder is deleted, the folder criteria, folder
contents and personal listing references are also deleted. Once
deleted, there is no way of restoring the folder other than by
re-entering the folder data all over again.

For all other functions of this screen, please refer to the Folder
List screen.


5.14 Folder Contents
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The Folder Contents Screen displays all of the programs in the
database that match the folder criteria. This screen can be paged
backward or forward. To skip to a particular program, enter the
beginning letters in the search field and press F8.

To view a list of showing times for the program, highlight the program
with the cursor and press ENTER. To place a program in a favorite
title folder, highlight the program with the cursor and press F3.

The fields provided on this screen are:

Heading - the title 'Contents of Folder: ' followed by the name
of the folder.

Search For - the value used to search for a program

Program Information, which includes:

- Program Title - the name or title of the program, movie, or
sports event.

- Program Type - the type of the program.

- Program Category - the category of the program.

Up to 8 programs can be displayed on a page.

The paging control keys available for this screen are:

PAGE DOWN - positions the screen to the next page of the program
list.

PAGE UP - positions the screen to the previous page of the program
list.

HOME - positions the screen to the beginning of the program list.

END - positions the screen to the end of the program list.

The special function keys available for this screen are:

F8 - Search - searches the list of programs for the name beginning
with the search field. Either the entire name or any portion of
the name can be entered.

ENTER - Detail - displays the Program Showing Times screen for the
highlighted program.


5.15 Title Folder Criteria
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The Title Folder Criteria screen provides the ability to view or
update the program titles that are the criteria for title folders.
The titles displayed in this screen should not be confused with the
folder contents, which are also titles. The difference is that the
titles on this screen are the titles SEARCHED FOR by the system. The
titles in the folder contents screen are the titles FOUND by the
system.

Besides being able to display the program title criteria for a title
folder, you can also use this screen to delete a title from the folder
criteria. To delete a title, highlight the title with the cursor and
press F3. Remember to be careful when pressing F3 because the system
does not require confirmation when deleting titles.

The information provided on this screen is:

Heading - the title 'Criteria For Title Folder: ' followed by the
name of the folder.

Search For - the value used to search for a program title

Program Titles - the name or title of program, movie, or sports
events.

Up to 8 titles can be displayed on a page.

The paging control keys available for this screen are:

PAGE DOWN - positions the screen to the next page of the program
titles.

PAGE UP - positions the screen to the previous page of the program
titles.

HOME - positions the screen to the beginning of the program
titles.

END - positions the screen to the end of the program titles.

The special function key available for this screen is:

F8 - Search - searches the list of programs for the title
beginning with the search field. Either the entire title or any
portion of the title can be entered.


5.16 Add To Favorite Folder
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The Add To Favorite Folder screen is used to add the program selected
in the previous screen to one of your favorite title folders. To add
the program to the folder, either highlight the folder with the cursor
and press ENTER, or press the number (not the function key) that
corresponds to the folder. If the folder did not exist, it is
created. To change the list of favorite folders, press F8, tab to and
change the desired line, and then press F8 again to save the changes.

The Add To Folder screen consists of the following fields:

Heading - "Add " followed by the name of the previously selected
program followed by "To Favorite Folder".

List of a maximum of 10 folders. The highlighted program can be
added to any of these folders.

Cancel/Exit - Cancels the current screen and returns to the
previous screen.

The special function keys available for this screen are:

F8 - Change Folders - Provides the ability to add, modify, or
delete folders from this screen. When F8 is pressed, the Update
Favorite Folders screen is displayed with the folder names
unprotected and the function key F8 changed to "Save Changes".
Pressing F8 again saves any additions, deletions, or modifications
made to the list of favorite folders.

ENTER - Proceed - adds the program title to the folder name
highlighted by the cursor. If the folder did not exist, it is
created.


5.17 Update Favorite Folders
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The Update Favorite Folders screen is used to add, modify or delete
folder names from the Add To Favorite Folders screen. To update the
screen, tab to and change the desired line and press F8 to make the
change permanent in the database.

The Add To Folder screen consists of the following fields:

Heading - "Update Favorite Folders".

List of a maximum of 10 folders.

The special function key available for this screen is:

F8 - Save Changes - saves the updated screen to the database.


5.18 Personal Listings Menu
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The Personal Listings Menu is used to select which Personal Listing to
display. To display a Personal Listing, either highlight the Personal
Listing name with the cursor and press ENTER, or press the number (not
the function key) associated with the Personal Listing. To change the
Personal Listing names on this menu, press F8, tab to and change the
desired line, and then press F8 again to save the changes.

The Personal Listings Menu has space for 10 Personal Listing names.
This allows ample room for various family members to have one or more
Personal Listings. Although this screen only allows 10 names, you can
actually have up to 255 Personal Listing names referenced in folders.
The names on this screen are user defined. If you attempt to view an
"empty" Personal Listing, the system will display an error message. A
Personal Listing is empty if 1) the system cannot find any folders
that cross-reference the Personal Listing name, or 2) the folders that
do cross-reference the Personal Listing name do not have any contents.

The special function keys available for this screen are:

F8 - Add/Change Id - provides the ability to add, modify, or
delete a Personal Listing name from this screen. When F8 is
pressed, the same screen is displayed with the Personal Listing
names unprotected and the function key F8 changed to "Save
Changes". Pressing F8 again saves any additions, deletions, or
modifications made to the screen.

ENTER - Proceed - displays the Personal Listing highlighted by the
cursor.


5.19 Personal Listing
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The Personal Listing is a listing of program events in chronological
order, grouped by starting time. These program events are associated
with the combined contents of all folders that cross-reference the
Personal Listing name.

The functioning of this screen is the same as the Rolling Log listing
with the exception that the heading is entitled "Personal Listing
(XXXXXXXX) For" followed by the day of week, calendar date and time.
The "XXXXXXXX" represents the Personal Listing name. Please refer to
the Rolling Log screen for details on how to operate this screen.


6. FILE MAINTENANCE

6.1 Introduction
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The Personal Entertainment Guide requires new information
downloaded from the source of PEG Weekly Update Files and
integrated into the database on your PC at least once every three
weeks. You can get updates as often as once per week. The
procedure for accomplishing this is called "PEGBATCH".


6.2 The PEGBATCH Procedure
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The PEGBATCH procedure is run whenever you add or delete a PEG
Weekly Update File, or restore the folder files. To start the
procedure, type PEGBATCH at the DOS prompt.

You may interrupt PEGBATCH at any point during the process by pressing
Ctrl-C. Please note that once you have allowed PEGBATCH to begin the
database reorganization process, pressing Ctrl-C almost guarantees a
corrupt database, and you won't be able to run PEG until you run
PEGBATCH start to finish.

When you start PEGBATCH, the following steps are executed:

Step 1
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The details of your authorization file are displayed which include:

- if this is a registered copy, your name and address,

- if this is an un-registered copy, the caption "DEMO"

- your account number, or a demo account number,

- the PEG file prefix which you are authorized to decode.

Each city or cable system will be assigned a PEG file prefix (see
PEG File name conventions in Appendix C). You are only able to
decode PEG update files which begin with that file prefix.

If your authorization has expired or is invalid, the PEGBATCH will
stop with an error message and you will not get to this screen. If
you want to exit from PEGBATCH, press Ctrl-C, otherwise press ENTER.

Step 2
------

The PEGBATCH procedure checks the PEG directory for incorrect file
names (internally, the program executes "DIR *.PEG"). If any are
found, the program will ask you if you want to delete them. If you
answer "N" for no, PEGBATCH cannot proceed and you will be returned to
the DOS prompt. If you answer "Y" for yes, then PEGBATCH will delete
all *.PEG files that don't conform to the .PEG file name standard. If
you want to exit at this point, you can press Ctrl-C at any point.
PEGBATCH will keep asking you to delete files until there are no
inconsistant file prefixes, at which point PEGBATCH will proceed to
the next step.

Step 3
------

The directory is checked again for inconsistant file prefixes. You
cannot mix different listing files from different cities. If found,
the program will ask you if you want to delete the inconsistant files.
If you answer "N" for no, PEGBATCH cannot proceed and you will be
returned to the DOS prompt. If you answer "Y" for yes, then PEGBATCH
will prompt you file by file for permission to delete. If you want to
exit at this point, you can press Ctrl-C at any point. PEGBATCH will
keep asking you to delete files until there are no inconsistant file
prefixes, at which point PEGBATCH will proceed to the next step.

Step 4
------

The PEGBATCH procedure checks the PEG directory for more than 3 *.PEG
files. If any are found, the program will ask you if you want to
delete them. If you answer "N" for no, PEGBATCH *can* proceed and
will use only the three most recent files, as determined by the file
name (each file has a 3 digit number representing what week the file
contains listings for). If you answer "Y" for yes, then PEGBATCH will
delete all of the extra files and continue to the next step. If you
want to exit at this point, you can press Ctrl-C. If you want
to proceed, press ENTER.

Step 5
------

PEGBATCH will then execute 4 to 5 programs which reorganize the PEG
Database. You can interrupt after this point by pressing Ctrl-C, but
if you do, you are almost guaranteed a corrupt database and PEG cannot
run.


7. PRINTING PERSONAL LISTINGS (PEGPRINT)

7.1 Introduction
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The Personal Entertainment Guide provides a method for formatting and
printing a hard-copy version of any Personal Listing. The format is a
compressed version of the Personal Listing screen. The hard-copy
listing is designed to be printed once per week and placed besides
your television(s) for easy and immediate reference. An example of a
hard-copy listing is given in Appendix B.


7.2 The PEGPRINT Utility
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The program responsible for formatting the hard-copy version of the
Personal Listing is PEGPRINT. To start this utility, type "PEGPRINT"
from the DOS prompt. If you don't enter any parameters, the PEGPRINT
program will ask for a Personal Listing name, and a destination. The
Personal Listing name can be any valid Personal Listing name - even
one not referenced on the Personal Listing Menu. The default
destination is LPT1: which is the name of your first printer. To
select the default destination, press ENTER, or you can enter either
another device name, or the name of a file. If a file name is
entered, PEGPRINT will create a standard DOS ASCII file.

If you wish, you can enter the Personal Listing name and the
destination on the DOS command line. This is handy if you want to
place the PEGPRINT command in a .BAT file. The format is:

PEGPRINT "Personal Listing Name" "Destination"

For example:

PEGPRINT MY_FAVS MY_FAVS.LST

PEGPRINT JOESLIST LPT2:

APPENDIX A. SUMMARY OF CONTROL KEYS
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FOR ALL SCREENS

F1 - Help

F2 - Return to previous screen

F4 - Return to Main Title Screen

F6 - Quit Personal Entertainment Guide program and return to DOS

F9 - Move cursor to first field on screen

Up Arrow - Move cursor to previous field

Down Arrow - Move cursor to next field

Tab - Move cursor to next field

Reverse Tab - Move cursor to previous field

Space - On menu screens, and in menu areas of other screens, move
cursor to next field

Left Arrow - Move cursor one space to left, or beginning of
previous field if at beginning of field

Right Arrow - Move cursor one space to right, or beginning of next
field if at end of field

Backspace - Destructive backspace

Esc - Clear field

Ins - Display next trivia / advertisment panel

Del - Display previous trivia / advertisment panel

FOR SCREENS WITH PAGABLE LISTS

Page Up - Display previous page

Page Down - Display next page

Home - Display beginning of list or text. Home - In Rolling Log,
Personal Listings and Electronic Grid, display first page of
current week.

End - Display last page of list or text. End - In Rolling Log,
Personal Listings, and Electronic Grid, display last page of
current week.

+ - In Electronic Grid, display next time period.

- - In Electronic Grid, display previous time period.

The following keys are used in the Rolling Log, Personal Listings
and Electronic Grid:

Control-Page Up - Display listings for displayed time minus 24
hours.

Control-Page Dn - Display listings for displayed time plus 24
hours.

Control-Home - Display first page of first week of listings.

Control-End - Display last page of last week of listings.


APPENDIX B. SAMPLE PERSONAL LISTING
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Personal Entertainment Guide Personal Listing
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(C) 1991 Lookahead Communications, Inc.

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Family Member: MARK Page 1
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Time Channel/ID Program Title Folder Name
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SATURDAY - February 8, 1992
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2:00 AM 46 DISN She Wore a Yellow Ribbon JOHN AGAR
2:35 AM 42 SHO Eve of Destruction SCI-FI
4:20 AM 42 SHO Frankenhooker NEW YORK
11:30 AM 45 MAX Beneath the Planet of the Apes SCI-FI
12:00 PM 43 TMC Eve of Destruction SCI-FI
2:00 PM 38 NASH Championship Rodeo RODEO
6:00 PM 20 LIFE After Hours NEW YORK
7:00 PM 43 TMC Eve of Destruction SCI-FI
8:00 PM 20 LIFE One Police Plaza NEW YORK
8:00 PM 45 MAX Outland SCI-FI
8:00 PM 55 WLIG King of the Gypsies NEW YORK
11:00 PM 46 DISN The Thing SCI-FI

SUNDAY - February 9, 1992
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9:00 AM 2 WCBS Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI
9:30 AM 45 MAX Conquest of the Planet of the Apes SCI-FI
1:00 PM 48 AMC She Wore a Yellow Ribbon JOHN AGAR
7:00 PM 46 DISN Not Quite Human SCI-FI
8:00 PM 2 WCBS Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI
11:40 PM 42 SHO Extreme Prejudice NICK NOLTE

MONDAY - February 10, 1992
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2:00 AM 38 NASH Championship Rodeo RODEO
4:30 AM 46 DISN Not Quite Human SCI-FI
7:00 AM 2 WCBS Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI
1:00 PM 18 TNT Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI
8:00 PM 2 WCBS Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI
9:00 PM 46 DISN Fort Apache JOHN AGAR
9:00 PM 48 AMC The Lost Weekend BILLY WILDER
11:30 PM 45 MAX Aliens SCI-FI

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TUESDAY - February 11, 1992
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2:30 AM 46 DISN Fort Apache JOHN AGAR
2:45 AM 48 AMC The Lost Weekend BILLY WILDER
3:30 AM 45 MAX Blue Steel NEW YORK
7:00 AM 2 WCBS Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI
1:00 PM 18 TNT Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI
8:00 PM 2 WCBS Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI
8:00 PM 55 WLIG Stir Crazy NEW YORK

WEDNESDAY - February 12, 1992
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12:30 AM 24 HBO Moon 44 SCI-FI
1:25 AM 42 SHO Eve of Destruction SCI-FI
7:00 AM 2 WCBS Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI
8:00 AM 45 MAX Planet of the Apes SCI-FI
10:00 AM 45 MAX Beneath the Planet of the Apes SCI-FI
11:30 AM 45 MAX Conquest of the Planet of the Apes SCI-FI
1:00 PM 18 TNT Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI
8:00 PM 2 WCBS Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI
10:00 PM 46 DISN She Wore a Yellow Ribbon JOHN AGAR
10:05 PM 43 TMC King of New York NEW YORK

THURSDAY - February 13, 1992
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1:55 AM 45 MAX Crash and Burn SCI-FI
4:00 AM 46 DISN She Wore a Yellow Ribbon JOHN AGAR
7:00 AM 2 WCBS Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI
1:00 PM 18 TNT Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI
8:00 PM 2 WCBS Olympic Winter Games OLYMIC - SKI

FRIDAY - February 14, 1992
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4:30 AM 45 MAX Outland SCI-FI
8:05 PM 17 WTBS Casablanca HUMPHREY BOGART
11:00 PM 48 AMC The Thing SCI-FI


APPENDIX C. FILE NAME CONVENTIONS
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The weekly update files distributed by Lookahead Communications, Inc.
are of form "ccwww.EXE" when compressed, and "PEGccwww.PEG when
uncompressed. There are up to three weeks of these files loaded onto
your hard disk. The compressed file is a LHARC self-extracting file
and must be execute to be decompressed.

c - City Code (e.g. NY for New York Area, LA for Los Angeles)

www - Week number (see Week Number Table)

Example:

PEGNY121.PEG or NY121.EXE

is

New York Area file for week of 5/2/92


At any given time, the Personal Entertainment Guide can hold 3 weeks
of information, which would mean having three PEG?????.PEG files on your
disk.