Since a long time ago, I have this 16x1 LCD and always tried to do something usefull with it, now here I present this library so you can work with and try with your own Displays
LCD Driver library HD44780 16x1 Display helps you to quickly integrate your 16x1 LCD with the HD44780
As my first project with Netduino, I finally gave some use to that old LCD that I have, this driver uses the same connection from Szymon Kobalczyk's blog wich is an interesting aproach for using netduino, a bit shift register and a LCD display. here's the link...
http://geekswithblogs.net/kobush/archive/2010/09/05/netmf_liquid_crystal.aspx