Terminated: unknown
It contains dictionary material from Merriam-Webster, as listed at the back:
THE PROXIMITY/MERRIAM-WEBSTER
CONCISE ELECTRONIC DICTIONARY
Copyright 1984, 1985, 1987 All Rights Reserved
Proximity Technology, Inc.
Copyright 1983, 1984, 1985 All Rights Reserved
Merriam-Webster, Inc."
It can perform all kinds of operations on its internal
database of more than 487,000 words:
CONCISE ELECTRONIC DICTIONARY
Copyright 1984, 1985, 1987 All Rights Reserved
Proximity Technology, Inc.
Copyright 1983, 1984, 1985 All Rights Reserved
Merriam-Webster, Inc."
- It can check for incorrectly spelled words. Type a (misspelled) word and press ENTER to obtain a list of words one might have meant.
- It can display synonyms of words.
- It has a built-in dictionary, so to look up a meaning of a word, type it, followed by ENTER and then DEF (by pressing the D key).
- It can help with hyphenation. Type a word, press ENTER and then HYPHEN (by pressing the H key). to see where the word breaks are.
- It can produce random words (for practice i suppose).
- It can help with crosswords and other word games such as the daily Wordle (link validated 2024-10-07). Its a good thing this device is now stored without batteries so I won't be tempted.
- It can play word games, such as hangman, anagram guessing, general word guessing, a typing game and it can even throw dice and produce lotto numbers.
The display on this specimen is starting to deteriorate. Traces of leakage are already visible along its bottom edge. Despite that it is still working perfectly.
Today, with internet and smartphones, there is no more use for a device like this. I’m quite impressed by its capabilities.