On Wed, 28 Jan 2015, Ralf Quint wrote:

> Again, we need to be very clear here. QBASIC (the interpreter) was free
> as a part of MS-DOS 5.0 through MS-DOS 6.22 (and NOT part of IBM-DOS
> 5.x, they still included BASICA (GWBasic equivalent of MS-DOS, as all
> IBM PCs still had BASIC in ROM).

Actually, IBM DOS 5.x included both; I've checked the system disks.

It's rebadged as "IBM DOS QBASIC" and has an IBM copyright instead of the 
Microsoft one, but is otherwise identical to Microsoft QBASIC 1.0.

-uso.

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