This toy was
hours of fun for any grade-school kid. The
allure was in it's ability to
spell anything that you could type in.
Take for example the following exchange:
"SPELL 'DOOR'"
"P" "O" "O" "P"
(pause)
"THAT IS INCORRECT. THE CORRECT SPELLING OF 'DOOR' IS,"
"D" "O" "O" "R".
Also
Chessmaster 2000's sidekick in the comic strip
Goats.