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From: wbl@plague.Berkeley.EDU (Wen-Po Bobby Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Scroll lock (maybe a dumb question)
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Date: 23 Mar 91 18:26:25 GMT
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>>I'm just curious-- in my four years of PC usage, I have never found a use
>>for the scroll lock key.  Are they just a leftover from mainframe days or is
>>there a legitimate use for them?  Have I been missing the boat these past four
>>years?  
>>

The only times I ever use that key is when I need to send a Ctrl-Break on my
standard XT keyboard.  Of course, it would have made more sense to print
"Break" on the top and "Scroll Lock" on the bottom side (or not at all).
Perhaps, as somenone has already mentioned, IBM thought "Scroll Lock" goes
better with "Num Lock".  Kansei (sp) engineering?

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