GetChar working?

I hate to bring up a sore subject, but is GetChar working for anyone?
Every time I try to call it, or any function that calls it (e.g.
GetString), I have to restart not only Matlab but my entire system, as
it freezes.

I'm running 10.4.8 on a 1.3 GHz G4 Powerbook, though I doubt it has
anything to do with my processor speed. I just downloaded the last
beta before posting this, and the problem is the same.

Any help / information would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Mark

PS Thank you, Mario, the DrawFormattedText command was exactly what I
needed to solve my last problem