When Ian Logan was working at Sinclair, he met Scott McCourt. Scott asked Ian for help โ to go over to the US and write software for them.
โThey wanted to add new commands to the Spectrum,โ says Ian. โThe machine was a 1981 design and requirements for a 1983 computer have evolved since then. They were going to have to redo the Spectrum printed-circuit board for the TS2000 to satisfy US FCC regulations and to make it compatible with the NTSC TV standard. So, while they were about it, they decided to produce an enhanced version, with extra commands.โ
During his two weeks stay with Timex, Ian showed them how to add new commands and routines. He extended the syntax checking and corrected some of the small bugs in the Spectrumโs own ROM.