Arranging framed text without gaps

[Matthias Weber <matweber@indiana.edu>]

Dear all,


I am trying to create a table where the entries have determined width and height. They typically are
something like

\framed[width=5cm,height=4cm,align={center,middle}{Text}

and I understand that I will be responsible for making the dimensions so that everything fits nicely.

After playing around  without much success with the various tables, I came up with the following
which is not exactly ConTeXt-like:

\setupframed[
		width=5cm,
		height=4cm,
		location={middle},
    		align={center,middle}
	]
\setupbodyfont[24pt]
    
\starttext

\hbox{{\framed{Jim}}{\framed{Mary}}{\framed{John}}}
\hbox{{\framed{Patsy}}{\framed{Bob}}{\framed{Linda}}}
\hbox{{\framed{Mike}}{\framed{Babsy}}{\framed{Bill}}}
\hbox{{\framed{Liz}}{\framed{Dave}}{\framed{Jenny}}}
\hbox{{\framed{Dick}}{\framed{Sue}}{\framed{Chuck}}}
\hbox{{\framed{Maggie}}{\framed{Joe}}{\framed{Dolley}}}
\hbox{{\framed{Tom}}{\framed{Lisa}}{\framed{Chris}}}
\hbox{{\framed{Nancy}}{\framed{Paul}}{\framed{Betty}}}
\stoptext

I get small gaps between the horizontal rows which I don't like.
Also, in my (possibly not quite up to date) MkIV, the texts isn't centered. 
In MkII it is.

My questions:

How do I 
-- achieve the desired layout (exact dimensions, frames, no gaps) the right way, 
-- without gaps between horizontal rows
-- with text centered in the frames also in MkIV?

Thanks a lot -

Matthias 
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