On 1/28/2015 6:26 PM, Steve Nickolas wrote: > 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. > Well, wasn't 100% sure, I just know that they with the advent of OS/2 started to switch to REXX as their "go to interpreter"... And can't check with my sets of old DOS versions until I get back to my storage this weekend...
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