Good times. I also ran OS/2 from v1.1 through OS/2 Warp.
Not quite true about the 32-bit no DOS. OS/2 1.x was a 16-bit system (although protected mode with segment selector 16MB memory) and one real-mode fullscreen DOS box. You're speaking of OS/2 2.0 which was a combined IBM and MS effort with OS/2 3.0 ultimately becoming WinNT. OS/2 2.0 even ended up having Win16 compatibility via DOS VM.
My favourite version of OS/2 was 1.3 with the SVGA driver written by an intern at IBM.
Edit: about the lack of GUI editor. My first paid OS/2 project was to write one after 2 weeks at a MS OS/2 campus.
Not quite true about the 32-bit no DOS. OS/2 1.x was a 16-bit system (although protected mode with segment selector 16MB memory) and one real-mode fullscreen DOS box. You're speaking of OS/2 2.0 which was a combined IBM and MS effort with OS/2 3.0 ultimately becoming WinNT. OS/2 2.0 even ended up having Win16 compatibility via DOS VM.
My favourite version of OS/2 was 1.3 with the SVGA driver written by an intern at IBM.
Edit: about the lack of GUI editor. My first paid OS/2 project was to write one after 2 weeks at a MS OS/2 campus.