In message <005f01c3a04e$c198b690$0b00a8c0@PAARD> Wouter van Ooijen wrote: > > That leaves four possibilities: > > Did you try a negative contrast voltage? I have a nice big display here > dat shows nothing untill I apply -12V contrast. It does display a cursor on powerup - the cursor vanishes after about 500mS though. Besides, the datasheet seems to suggest that applying a negative contrast voltage may damage the display (!) Later. -- Phil. | Acorn Risc PC600 Mk3, SA202, 64MB, 6GB, philpem@dsl.pipex.com | ViewFinder, Ethernet (Acorn AEH62), http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/ | 8xCD, framegrabber, Teletext Warning: Windows is broken. Watch out for glass fragments. -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body