From: klee@unibwm.de   
      
   On 07.09.2019 07:37, JJ wrote:   
      
   > Ah... That make sense. I didn't know that. Won't it mean that every CP/M   
   > files have EOF marker, even for binary files?   
      
   In a binary file any of the 256 values of byte is valid data, so   
   nothing left for an EOF marker.   
      
      
   > That's true. But after some more testing, the COPY command turns out to use   
   > ASCII mode by default when concatenating files. Single file copy on the   
   > other hand, uses binary mode by default.   
      
   A single file copy generates an identical file, so the result is correct   
   for a binary and a text file.   
      
      
   > Does the fact that Microsoft still provides support for CP/M originated   
   > files, means that CP/M systems are still used for other than hobby [*]?   
      
   You can't change the behavior of "copy" without breaking many old   
   batch programs.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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