In late 1991 the DR-one development, sales and support teams were downsized. In February 1992 the five remaining development members transferred from Melbourne to Luxembourg with the plan to train local employees and depart after one year. We had a big sale or two, a number of long lunches, and stayed longer than anticipated.

During the first weeks Ian and I set up the office. Everyone else was dressed in suits and ties; we got by with jeans and t-shirts as we were carrying all the delivered tech around. The everything-guy taking out the rubbish bins was in a suit and tie. We got to the point we were out of things to carry — and suit-and-tied up. Everything worked, but it was worth giving the equipment racks a tidy before John and others shut down the Melbourne office and transferred to Luxembourg.

As Melbourne developers departed I moved into the development manager position in 1996. Monthly meetings saw me in England from time-to-time — usually Birmingham, sometimes the London or Wimbledon offices.

With various company takeovers we integrated DR-one with Citydesk and later Market Watch. The Citydesk development manager, after they were forced to merge with Market Watch, told me he now understood what the DR-one guys suffered on the Citydesk merger.

Customers started complaining that the EMS (Environment Management Service) god's eye view of the entire system no longer reported on all modules — it couldn't, as ‘new’ modules weren't DR-one modules.

During 1997/1998 DR-one work came to a halt and, as the last member of the development team, I transferred to other projects.

A Sky News article on 01 January 2016 about the release of the 1990–1991 cabinet papers used footage from the Westpac Sydney dealing room with DR-one on view. Only visible for a few seconds — the moment I saw the clip I recognised the dealing room and DR-one. Sky News WBC DR-one (40s–45s).

It wasn't until 2018 I met Bill Saunders (the BS in BS Microcomp) and thanked him for the opportunity to join the DR-one team in 1988 — and explained it took me to Luxembourg for 10 years and that I was the last developer standing.

The DR-one Trader Pad pictured below is the one in which I updated the 8085 assembly that on power-up doesn't ‘beep’ but plays the opening bars from Star Wars.

28 years after working on DR-one I still often say or think “DR-one” instead of the name of the project on which I now work — that's the impact DR-one had on me. I spent 10 years on this project before it was retired; it led me to Luxembourg where I lived 10 years. This page and some fond memories are about all that is left.

If you were involved, have something to add, correct, or just want to say hi please feel free to contact me.

DR-one comprised multiple modules. It's been a while — I may be missing some or applying incorrect names.

Not mine but a favourite I saw in the commit history.