On Sun, 16 Feb 2003, Richard Rauch enslaved 16 hundred monkeys to type:

> (Side note, how valuable is "scroll lock" support, anyway?  On a
> PC, the boot messages go by so quickly that you can't normally
> capture them anyway.  Once you've booted, you can use a program
> such as window, or use an X server, with xterm, and scroll-back.
> I can't recall ever wanting to use Scroll Lock, though I've
> found it locked once or twice, and seem to recall experiencing
> adverse effects, similar to what Monroe describes.  If it serves
> real utility for some, is it possible to disable it with a kernel
> option?  If not, would it be a problem to make it an option?))

So THATS what scroll-lock does! Man I feel like that time when I figured
out what the last button on my calculator did!

Poff

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