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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!nntp.uio.no!news.cais.net!news1.erols.com!newsmaster@erols.com From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Scrolling up on Console Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 15:59:28 -0700 Organization: Erols Internet Services Lines: 15 Message-ID: <31C09D50.281B@www.play-hookey.com> References: <DsxtDv.CEE@news2.new-york.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) To: Adam Furman <afurman@sunfire.j51.com> Adam Furman wrote: > > I would like to know is their a way to scroll up on the console of a FreeBSD computer. > I know in Linux it can be done. Please let me know if this can be done in FreeBSD > also. Please email responses. > Thanks Adam > Sure. Hit Scroll Lock. Now the Up and Down arrows will let you look over the stuff that has scrolled off the top of the screen (up to a point -- it can't remember *everything*! When you hit Scroll Lock again, you'll jump back to your original display and be where you left off. Ken