Keyboard without Scroll Lock

[Rob]

Bill Campbell wrote:
>> just for info, if you happens to buy a keyboard without the Scroll Lock
>> key, as I did (Logitech EX110), and are missing this function in consoles,
> 
> A far simpler way is to use xoff/xon, ctrl-s stops things, and
> ctrl-q restarts.

Yeah, but that won't retrieve the stuff that already vanished;  or is there another key sequence for that?  the normally useless "scroll lock" will let you page back several screenfulls.

   -Rob  [don't cc me; I'm subscribed and the reply addy is bogus]