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Article #5622Re: What's the use of scroll-lock?
From: Carl Schelin
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1991 18:24
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1991 18:24
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In article <valley.670707234@gsbsun>, valley@uchicago (Doug Dougherty) says: > >252u3715@fergvax.unl.edu (Teik Leong Tan) writes: > >>As you can tell from the subject title, can anyone please tell me the >>use of the scroll-lock in a 101-key keyboard? >>Is it a normal key just like any other keys, or does it have >>special functions? > >It's used in Rogue... >-- > It's used in Rogue? What version? I have the Epyx version and I don't recall it being used. Of course, I could be wrong :-). In Pyro v2.2 (available at garbo.uwasa.fi in pub/games (?)) you use scroll lock to speed up the game. Carl
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!news From: tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu (Carl Schelin) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: What's the use of scroll-lock? Message-ID: <1991Apr4.182404.11771@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> Date: 4 Apr 91 18:24:04 GMT References: <252u3715.670701640@fergvax> <valley.670707234@gsbsun> Sender: news@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Johns Hopkins University - Applied Physics Lab Lines: 20