diff --git a/cpukit/ChangeLog b/cpukit/ChangeLog
index 2dabcc833d..29e23e986d 100644
--- a/cpukit/ChangeLog
+++ b/cpukit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-03-27	Eric Norum <norume@aps.anl.gov>
+
+	* libmisc/monitor/prmisc.c: Eliminate undesired sign-extension.
+
 2006-03-08	Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>
 
 	PR 761/rtems
diff --git a/cpukit/libmisc/monitor/mon-prmisc.c b/cpukit/libmisc/monitor/mon-prmisc.c
index 93b7152930..f836f0d973 100644
--- a/cpukit/libmisc/monitor/mon-prmisc.c
+++ b/cpukit/libmisc/monitor/mon-prmisc.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ rtems_monitor_dump_char(char ch)
     if (isprint(ch))
         return fprintf(stdout,"%c", ch);
     else
-        return fprintf(stdout,"%02x", ch);
+        return fprintf(stdout,"%02x", (unsigned char)ch);
 }
 
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