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From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)
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Subject: Re: Clear screen
Date: 5 Dec 2001 19:59:33 -0600
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In article <9um95f$9cp80$1@ID-119234.news.dfncis.de>, "Daniel Krupke" <dkrupke@web.de> writes:
> but this routine is not Clear Screen: the cursor is at bottom of the page,
> but Clear Screen means that the cursor has to be at the first line!

By what definition does Clear Screen mean the cursor has to be
at the first line ?

Have you tried sending cursor command characters for whatever
terminal or emulator you are using ?