diff --git a/amitools/vamos/lib/DosLibrary.py b/amitools/vamos/lib/DosLibrary.py
index b7f03cc3..4ab46104 100644
--- a/amitools/vamos/lib/DosLibrary.py
+++ b/amitools/vamos/lib/DosLibrary.py
@@ -766,8 +766,12 @@ def Seek(self, ctx, fh_b_addr, pos, mode):
     def FGetC(self, ctx, fh_b_addr):
         fh = self.file_mgr.get_by_b_addr(fh_b_addr, False)
         ch = fh.getc()
-        if ch == -1:
+        if ch == -2:
             log_dos.info("FGetC(%s) -> EOF (%d)", fh, ch)
+            # EOF is also -1
+            ch = -1
+        elif ch == -1:
+            log_dos.info("FGetC(%s) -> Error (%d)", fh, ch)
         else:
             log_dos.info("FGetC(%s) -> '%c' (%d)", fh, ch, ch)
         return ch
diff --git a/amitools/vamos/lib/dos/FileHandle.py b/amitools/vamos/lib/dos/FileHandle.py
index 46513c8e..76a14ff7 100644
--- a/amitools/vamos/lib/dos/FileHandle.py
+++ b/amitools/vamos/lib/dos/FileHandle.py
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.interactive = self.obj.isatty()
         # tty stuff
         if self.interactive:
-            fd = self.obj.fileno()
-            self.terminal = Terminal(fd)
+            self.terminal = Terminal(obj)
         else:
             self.terminal = None
 
@@ -83,39 +82,64 @@ def wait_for_char(self, timeout):
         return self.terminal.wait_for_char(timeout)
 
     def write(self, data):
+        """write data
+
+        return -1 on error, 0=EOF, >0 written bytes"""
         assert isinstance(data, (bytes, bytearray))
-        try:
-            self.obj.write(data)
-            if self.auto_flush:
-                self.obj.flush()
-            return len(data)
-        except IOError:
-            return -1
+
+        # read from terminal or direct
+        if self.terminal:
+            got = self.terminal.write(data)
+        else:
+            try:
+                got = self.obj.write(data)
+            except IOError:
+                got = -1
+
+        # do auto flush?
+        if got > 0 and self.auto_flush:
+            self.obj.flush()
+
+        # return got bytes
+        return got
 
     def read(self, len):
+        """read data
+
+        return -1 on error, 0=EOF, >0 written bytes"""
+        if self.terminal:
+            return self.terminal.read(len)
         try:
-            if self.interactive:
-                d = self.obj.read1(len)
-            else:
-                d = self.obj.read(len)
-            return d
+            return self.obj.read(len)
         except IOError:
             return -1
 
     def getc(self):
+        """read character
+
+        return char 0-255 or -1 on Error and -2 on EOF
+        """
         if len(self.unch) > 0:
             self.ch = self.unch[0]
             del self.unch[0]
         else:
+            # handle NIL:
             if self.is_nil:
                 return -1
-            try:
+
+            # read from terminal or direct
+            if self.terminal:
+                d = self.terminal.read(1)
+            else:
                 d = self.obj.read(1)
-                if d == b"":
-                    return -1
-                self.ch = d[0]
-            except IOError:
+
+            # -1 on Error
+            if d == -1:
                 return -1
+            # -2 on EOF
+            elif d == b"":
+                return -2
+            self.ch = d[0]
         return self.ch
 
     def gets(self, len):
diff --git a/amitools/vamos/lib/dos/terminal.py b/amitools/vamos/lib/dos/terminal.py
index ca549fad..3837f9c4 100644
--- a/amitools/vamos/lib/dos/terminal.py
+++ b/amitools/vamos/lib/dos/terminal.py
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@
 
 
 class Terminal:
-    def __init__(self, fd):
-        self.fd = fd
+    def __init__(self, obj):
+        self.fd = obj.fileno()
+        self.obj = obj
         if termios:
-            self.tty_state = termios.tcgetattr(fd)
+            self.tty_state = termios.tcgetattr(self.fd)
 
     def close(self):
         if termios:
@@ -54,3 +55,23 @@ def wait_for_char(self, timeout):
             return self.fd in rx
         else:
             return None
+
+    def read(self, size):
+        """read from terminal and do some covnersions.
+
+        return -1 on Error, or data bytes with len = 0: EOF
+        """
+        try:
+            return self.obj.read1(size)
+        except IOError:
+            return -1
+
+    def write(self, data):
+        """write to terminal and do some conversions.
+
+        return -1 on Error, 0 on EOF, and >0 written bytes
+        """
+        try:
+            return self.obj.write(data)
+        except IOError:
+            return -1