Hi, found that the VFD would display startup screen "Matrix Orbital VK-205" fine right through WinXP bootup up until XP starts loading drivers (ATI video, Audigy 2 sound etc.) then would start displaying top line of spurious characters. Something here was feeding it junk. Guessed it may have been ...

My new VK202-25 (wide voltage) on power-up displays "Matrix Orbital", "VK202-25" etc. but as WinXP kicks in, after a few seconds (drivers?) the display starts showing random chars starting from the top left. Checking 'Device Manager' etc. to see relevant COM port is set (default and speed at 19200 ...