whoops!! forgot to set bc, but it worked on vti change begining to this: ld hl,$FC00 ld de,$FC01 ld bc,1023 ld (hl),0 ldir ;black screen there... that should do it Ricky Cobb arcadesdude@hotmail.com icq# 41440378 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com