scroll lock
Aug. 12th, 2011 03:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ljplicease“ The 10 function keys are defined to give single-stroke facilities such as Save and Load, and you may redefine them by using the Key command in Basic. However, a mysterious key called Scroll Lock doesn't actually do anything. ”
— www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/review/2099409/ibm-pc-original-review-personal-model-5150
Thirty years and we still have the nearly useless Scroll Lock.
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Date: 2011-08-13 01:11 am (UTC)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scroll_lock
I was mistaken about the meaning of this key. I had always thought it was the equivalent to ^S^Q for terminal displays and I think some software actually used it this way, but apparently this was not the intention.