Secons Microvga dumb terminal.

Other Hardware Displays
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(Upper case is considered shouting)

Have you searched the homepage of the microVGA? - http://www.microvga.com/ -
There is sample code there, I recall that connecting the shield was less trivial

found this code in my basement, might get you started ...

// 
//    FILE: test3.pde
//  AUTHOR: Rob Tillaart
// VERSION: 0.1.00
// PURPOSE: test microVGA 
//
// HISTORY: 
// 0.1.00 - 2011-06-13  initial version
// 
// Released to the public domain
//

#define OFF         "\033[0m"
#define BOLD        "\033[1m"
#define LOWINTENS   "\033[2m"
#define UNDERLINE   "\033[4m"
#define BLINK       "\033[5m"
#define REVERSE     "\033[7m"

#define GOTOXY( x,y) "\033[x;yH"   // Esc[Line;ColumnH

#define CLS          "\033[2J"     // Esc[2J Clear entire screen 

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(38400);
  Serial.println("START");
  pinMode(13, OUTPUT);
}

void loop()
{

  Serial.print(BOLD);
  Serial.println("bold - Hello World");
  Serial.print(OFF);
  Serial.println("Goodbye");

  Serial.print(LOWINTENS);
  Serial.println("lowintense - Hello World");
  Serial.print(OFF);
  Serial.println("Goodbye");

  Serial.print(UNDERLINE);
  Serial.println("underline - Hello World");
  Serial.print(OFF);
  Serial.println("Goodbye");

  Serial.print(BLINK);
  Serial.println("blink - Hello World");
  Serial.print(OFF);
  Serial.println("Goodbye");

  Serial.print(REVERSE);
  Serial.println("reverse - Hello World");
  Serial.print(OFF);
  Serial.println("Goodbye");

  Serial.print(GOTOXY(3,3));
  Serial.println("gotoxy 3,3 - Hello World");
  Serial.print(OFF);
  Serial.println("Goodbye");  

  Serial.print(CLS);
  Serial.println("Hello World");
  Serial.print(OFF);
  Serial.println("Goodbye"); 

  digitalWrite(13, HIGH);
  delay(2000);
  for (int i =0; i< 100; i++) 
  {
    Serial.println(i,DEC);
  }
  digitalWrite(13, LOW);

  delay(1000);
}