I found a pretty good "how to" located at: http://www.eda.bg/~sto/linux/HOWTO/Text-Terminal-HOWTO-14.html I plugged the terminal in, and the screen remained completely black. Is this normal to have a black screen? (I think there would be a text message of some kind. i.e. setup screen..etc) Don Chorman -- remove Don'tBother from email to respond