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From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: More virtual terminals
Message-ID: <id.Q27M1.X14@nmti.com>
Sender: peter@nmti.com (peter da silva)
Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI
References: <3vb5oo$idb@ddi2.digital.net> <3vb66k$6lj@canyon.sr.hp.com> <3vbr29$1bm@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 19:43:20 GMT
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In article <3vbr29$1bm@jraynard.demon.co.uk>,
James Raynard <james@jraynard.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Ctrl-Alt-Fn seems to work OK here (2.0R, syscons) for switching between
> virtual terminals. And of course you have to do it that way with pcvt.

It seems to sometimes leave the control key in a "control lock" state. If
you tap control after shifting back to a text window this won't be a problem.
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