DR-one | BS Microcomp, BIS, ACT, MKI

DR-one (Dealing Room Online Networking Environment) was an integrated real-time foreign exchange/money market dealing room solution from BS Microcomp (through BIS, ACT, MKI, Midas-Kapiti and Misys). It linked applications from diverse technical platforms and market information services, both digital and video, in a single, menu-driven, windowed, multi-screen workstation.

Offices included 490 Bourke St, 576 Lonsdale St, 116 Hardware St Melbourne and 5 rue du Curé, Luxembourg.

DR-one operated under MS-DOS, OS/2 and Windows and ran on the IBM PC and the IBM PS/2 over token-ring network and TCP/IP, using multiple windowed display screens to provide easy, real-time access to a variety of service and applications. Working on a multi-window, multi-screen, windowed video application in 1988 was amazing. We got some attention.

Favourite sayings from those days include "look at that!" and "it's just like a bought one", the latter being a high form of praise.

DR-one transferred from Melbourne to Luxembourg in 1992 with the plan to train local employees in the product and leave after one year. We had a big sale or two, had a number of long lunches and stayed there longer than anticipated.

With various company takeovers we integrated DR-one with Citydesk and later Market Watch.

The Sky News article on 01 January 2016 about release of 1990-1991 cabinet papers used footage from the Westpac Sydney dealing room with DR-one on view. Only visible for seconds the moment I saw the clip I recognised the dealing room and DR-one. Sky News WBC DR-one .avi download.

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.

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

PDRs - Product Defect Reports