Andrew worked for many years in various contracting roles for the TAB (now TABCorp).
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<a href=#tdg>1992-1996 Victorian TAB, Terminal Development Group</a><br>

<a href=#tabaret>1990-1991 Victorian TAB, Tabaret gaming division</a><br>

<a href=#csg>1988-1990 Victorian TAB, Computer Systems Group</a><br>
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<a href=http://www.tabcorp.com.au target=_blank>http://www.tabcorp.com.au</a>
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<h2>1992-1996 Victorian TAB, Terminal Development Group</h2>
<h3>Senior software engineer</h3>
<i>Worked on a consulting basis for several years, approx 3000 hours altogether.</i><br><br>
<h4>Responsibilities</h4>

    </li><li> assessed feasibility and specified functional changes in consultation with management and user/union representatives
    </li><li> designed and implemented technical changes to user interface, comms drivers, memory management, and database software
    </li><li> analysed and defined test specifications for new host front end
    </li><li> designed and wrote programmable diagnostic emulator - this was done as a virtual machine in C++ using a set of derived classes such as program instructions, timers, interfaces, etc.
    </li><li> performed ad hoc analyses as requested (e.g. statistical analysis of software failures)
    </li><li> created automated release macros and related utilities
    </li><li> maintained and updated source code control macros
    </li><li> created user manual for Austext control PC (including design and administration of usability testing to comply with AS3563)
    </li><li> trained programmers to work on the Telebet terminal software

<h4>Business environment</h4>
The telephone betting division of the Victorian state TAB (the "tote", on- and off-track betting and related activities).

<h4>Technical environment</h4>
80x86 assembler and Pascal cross-compiler under HP-UX for PC target system; proprietary operating system (spawned from DOS) on target system; C and many utilities under UNIX for development aids; C++ and assembler for the programmable diagnostic platform; Excel and Word for documentation and additional development utilities.

<h4>Deliverables produced</h4>

    <ul><li> functional change designs
    </li><li> technical change designs
    </li><li> dataflow, state transition, and structural analyses
    </li><li> class libraries and code libraries
    </li><li> completed Telebet terminal software
    </li><li> reports detailing findings of ad hoc investigations
    </li><li> development utilities and associated documentation
    </li><li> programmable host emulator with associated documentation
    </li><li> detailed test specifications for host front-end
    </li><li> supplementary software documentation
</li></ul>

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<h2>1990-1991 Victorian TAB, Tabaret gaming division</h2>
<h3>Systems analyst and documentation consultant</h3>
<h4>Responsibilities</h4>
Reverse-engineered complex server application, data architecture, and proprietary networking software running on Tabaret host computer. Produced technical and user documentation for the Tabaret host. Specified requirements and design for data recovery enhancements to the host software.

<h4>Business environment</h4>
Smart-card based gambling system run by the Tabaret division of the Victorian state TAB.

<h4>Technical environment</h4>

    <ul><li> C, 680x0 assembly language, VOS, UNIX
    </li><li> Stratus fault-tolerant server computer
    </li><li> proprietary data management system
</li></ul>

<h4>Deliverables produced</h4>

    <ul><li> Tabaret host administrator's guide
    </li><li> system design overviews
    </li><li> formal models of host subsystems
    </li><li> requirements specifications for data recovery software
    </li><li> detailed design for data recovery software
    </li><li> user guide for data recovery software
    </li><li> structural analysis utilities to assist reverse engineering
    </li><li> formatting utilities in Word for enhanced PostScript output
    </li><li> videotaped design review sessions with developers
</li></ul>

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<h2>1988-1990 Victorian TAB, Computer Systems Group</h2>
<h3>Software engineer</h3>
<h4>Responsibilities</h4>
Designed and wrote major parts of the Box Hill Telephone Betting Terminal and network controller, especially the user interface, racelist display, and ISDN terminal controller and driver. Designed parts of the operating system and interprocess communications system. Wrote various UNIX utilities to support the development process (source code control, automatic source file generation, and other utilities). Liaised with user and union representatives for requirements evolution.

<h4>Business environment</h4>
Computer technology division of the Victorian state TAB.

<h4>Technical environment</h4>

    <ul><li> VTOS multitasking operating system under MS-DOS
    </li><li> Pascal
    </li><li> 80x86 assembly language
    </li><li> comms drivers for serial packet protocols
    </li><li> Ethernet
    </li><li> HP-UX with SCCS, awk, sed, m4, and other utilities
    </li><li> proprietary database system
    </li><li> hardware and software debuggers and emulators
</li></ul>

<h4>Deliverables produced</h4>

    <ul><li> requirements and design specifications
    </li><li> code libraries and application subsystems
    </li><li> completed operating system and application software
    </li><li> installation and testing scripts
    </li><li> test harnesses, stubs, and subsystem emulators
    </li><li> source code generation utilities for display library
    </li><li> linker enhancements for better code cross-referencing
    </li><li> input data translation utilities and diagnostic tools
    </li><li> architectural overviews and maintenance documentation
</li></ul>