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Q: Concerning Pointless, I'm having a problem with the Chicago font. It shows up twice in the font menu. I have the truetype Chicago, along with some bitmaps of it. But I have the same setup with other fonts too, so why is it that only Chicago is showing up twice? I tried re-installing pointless as well as all my fonts, but it keeps showing up twice. Any ideas?
A: You probably have a second copy of Chicago buried in a Mac suitcase that Pointless is pointed at. Try removing the stand alone Chicago file from the Pointless list and see if you still have Chicago available.
Do you have different font family numbers? You might try moving the bit maps somewhere else and creating bitmaps from the Truetype fonts if you need the bitmaps.
Q: Has anyone tried using a Commodore 1084s monitor on a GS? How does the picture look? If it's not as good as on the Apple RGB, I won't bother hacking a cable together.
A: I am currently using a Commodore 1084 (the mono version, not the stereo) with my IIgs. I have only seen the Apple RGB display from a GS on display models in stores and that was a while ago so I can't really compare.
The picture on my 1084 is great and I really appreciate having the ability to hook up the sound from my GS to the monitor so I can use the monitors volume control. I don't have a stereo card yet so only having the mono version of the monitor is no problem for me.
Another nice feature is being able to hook up other equipment to the composite video input at the same time and use the front panel switch to go from my GS's RGB display to a VCR or, as I currently have set up, a Nintendo.
If you do put a cable together here is a tip. The input on the monitor requires different voltages than the output of the GS. All I had to add was a 75 ohm resistor between the composite sync and ground. Without it the screen wouldn't always sync properly and looked like a scrambled TV signal.

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