According to the IBM APL2 Programming Language Reference (page 423), the )COPY command should not copy ⎕PW. The manual states: "The only system objects that can be copied are ⎕CT, ⎕FC, ⎕IO, ⎕LX, ⎕PP, ⎕PR, and ⎕RL.
Current GNU APL: )CLEAR CLEAR WS ⎕PW←80 )save ws1 2014-07-01 20:57:00 (GMT-5) ⎕PW←132 )COPY ws1 SAVED 2014-07-02 -4:57:00 (GMT-5) ⎕PW 80