Getting a cursor in console

[Harvey Ussery]

I installed DebianPPC3.0(Woody) on an 800Mhz iMac 17"LCD. When working 
in Debian in a console, either from the command line or within a text 
editor (nano), I don't have a cursor marking the point of input. This is 
a little disconcerting, especially in those contexts where the presence 
or absence of white space is critical.

How can I configure my console so that the point-of-input cursor will 
always be present?

Thanks much.    --Harvey