Thank you all for your comments.
Just tried on the real QL, something such as
copy con_ to ram1_test the magic number is 27314
<CTRL> + <Space>
afterwards I can see the text file using the TK2 command VIEW.
The only thing I miss is input echo, I have to type blindly (and as all of
you know the QL keyboard is somewhat §$%?(&/"#)
The QL keyboard is just fine :-) The 8049 is what is crappy ;-) (Hence the need for (super)Hermes -Shameless plug - Hi Tony!)
Is there a way to perform such an action with input echo turned on?
Not in a straightforward manner... A little program should be constructed maybe with filtering
This experiment suggests QDOS does not need an EOF character (which IIRC is
not a char that sits there as a byte of the file but is rather a command to
close the file under MSDOS)
In case the file would not have been properly closed on the disk - does QDOS
or TK2 have an utility to check for the integrity of a disk (something
comparable to CHKDSK from the MSDOS world)?
Yes you can flush the file out. A chkdisk type utility does not exist on the QL. However you can check QWA partitions indirectly through a host OS.
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