The company that introduced the Sirius to the UK has pulled out of the micro business.

DRG Business Systems' orderly retreat is in marked contrast to some recent withdrawals, and several companies will take over responsibility for its product range.

The most notable among them is Victor Technologies (UK). When DRG began to distribute the Sirius here, it was called the Victor 9000 as elsewhere in the world. ACT's Sirius, an identical machine but for its colour and keyboard, proved more successful largely on the strength of software support and DRG's Victor fell in among the also-rans when the IBM PC eventually appeared.

The Victor/Sirius confusion did DRG no good and in 1983 there was a period of gamesmanship between the company and ACT, with both seeking to establish themselves as the supplier of that machine.

The confusion arose in the US when Sirius Technology licensed Victor to build the machine.

DRG also distributed TEC and Seihosha printers, Cado micros, disk drives, and computer suppliers. From March 31 1985 all these will be handled by other companies - DRG's list includes names like Northamber, MBS and Micro Peripherals.

* DRG's address in Weston-Super-Mare was Lynx Crescent. Has the Lynx jinx struck again?