I tried that, Mark, and it didn't make any difference.
Where did you get the info of start of line 1 at $00 and start of line 2 at $40 for the NEWHAVEN LCD? I went through the data sheet for the NEWHAVEN display very throroughly and couldn't find anywhere that it specifies the 1st character address in Line 1 or Line 2. For that matter, I also went through the data sheet for the WINSTAR LCD and it doesn't show $80 or $C0 either.
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