terminal lines off screen

[golfer]

On 11/10/05, Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 15:09:38 -0500
> golfer <golfbuf at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hit  ctrl+L to clear the screen and put the cursor near the top (or just type "clear - <enter> "

Thanks Peter, that'll help.  But, as it consumes another page, it
disappears again.  I wonder if there's some setting somewhere that
controls the number of lines on the display?

regards,