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From: eric@fudge.uchicago.edu (Eric Fischer)
Subject: Re: Arrow keys
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In article <339DC279.1B6A@psu.edu>, Phil Yurko  <pjy102@psu.edu> wrote:
> Greetings all, I just installed NetBSD 1.2.1 on a SS1 and I can't get
> the arrow keys or CAPS lock to work etc.  Thanx in advance for any help

They don't work on the raw console (apparently intentionally,
judging by the comments in the console driver source code).
They work fine under X, though.

eric