Lousy PCW screen font

[JonB]

As I am not a fan of the default PCW screen font, I thought I'd see if I could change it after finding a utility on John Elliot's great website www.seasip.info. Unfortunately I could not find any actual fonts that were compatible with it, but I did find a package called LetaFont, which handily came with a bunch of COM files that set the font for you. Experimenting with these, I found the SANSERIF font gave the best results on my low resolution PCW screen (which is getting blurry due to old age, a bit like me):

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In case you didn't notice, the bottom half of the screen is rendered in San Serif. And speaking of getting old, my apologies for the typos. My typing has been getting worse lately, especially on that dreadful "thing" that tries to pass for a keyboard on the PCW 8256. Hmm.. what we really need here is a PCW - USB keyboard adapter, then we can use a cheap mechanical keyboard with it..

Anyway, if you fancy a go at this, the font COM files are attached below. You can install one on your boot disk, then add a PROFILE.SUB that executes it at each boot.


Cheers
JonB

[GeoffB17]

I've been using that font on my PCW, and on Joyce, for a while now.


A definite improvement.


Not that I've got any problems with my PCW screen, which seems to be still  OK.


In the package, a couple of the other fonts are still some use, but only for specific situations, i.e. some games.


Geoff

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Sadly, to tweak the display in a PCW you would need to open the case and it can be somehow dangerous. The font solution seems nice, though 

[JonB]

There is not much to tweak on the board. V-SIZE, brightness maximum, v-LIN, V-HOLD, H-HOLD and that's about it. No FOCUS. I'm no expert but maybe this means all I can do is adjust the yoke?

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If the tube is fine, there are still components in the motherboard that can change tolerances over the years. I would replace caps and, if necessary, repeat the screen calibration afterwards as described in the service manual. If the tube is not OK, then it would be a complete different issue