In a message dated 1/20/99 4:08:09 PM US Mountain Standard Time, paulb@midcoast.com.au writes: << It sounds like you mean you have a 16-character 1-line display. These are (all?) implemented electrically, due to the chip architecture, as a 2 line by 8-character display. They require setting up in two-line mode, and the address of the start of the second line is $40. >> Any one have an example? I guess I would have to count the characters. If characters are greater then 8 then a new address ($40) would be written. Is the address written to DDRAM? Thanks Jon