EPTScroll Lock?
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lastas
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Today it survives because that key has special meaning for dedicated applications that use it as a special "function key" no more related to its original purpose. | ||
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Ceril
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Ceril
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On April 13 2004 14:25 Programmer wrote: "Scroll Lock" is a legacy from the early days of DOS (DOS 2.1 - 1982) when pressing that key stopped the rollover on the screen enabling to view lists longer than 25 lines in a way resembling the "More" command.. Today it survives because that key has special meaning for dedicated applications that use it as a special "function key" no more related to its original purpose. Correct :-) | ||
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lastas
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fbs
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Sirakor
Great Britain455 Posts
On April 13 2004 14:27 lastas wrote: ok.. is there any use at all in windows, it even has its own light and all.. no use in windows whatsoever, unless u or a program that u use manually binds something useful to that key. | ||
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Also answers the SysRq question. | ||
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