[ILUG] ILUG The Screen Buffer

[Colm Buckley]

On Fri 22 Feb 2002 13:06, Kieran OSullivan wrote:

> When logged directly to your computer i.e. not through telnet/ssh text
> that disappears off the screen it is stored in a buffer.  where is this
> text stoed?

In the buffer memory of your video card, usually.  You can view
the stored text using shift-pgup and shift-pgdn.  Note that switching
to different virtual consoles (using Alt-F1, Alt-F2 etc) usually
clears this buffer.

              Colm

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