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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
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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