Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari!caesar.cs.montana.edu!milton!uw-beaver!Teknowledge.COM!unix!hplabs!hp-ses!hpcuhb!hpcllla!hpclisp!hpcljws!jws From: jws@hpcljws.HP.COM (John Stafford) Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: Re: Various programs Message-ID: <17050003@hpcljws.HP.COM> Date: 23 Feb 90 20:46:05 GMT References: <16@iconsys.icon.com> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Calif. Language Lab Lines: 5 Well I haven't any real data to back this up, but "towers" is probably the Towers of Hanoi (or whatever) program, I suspect f = from pole, a = auxiliary (temp) pole, t = to pole, and n = the number of disks. Try f = 1, a = 2, t = 3, and n something <=8 (I believe the puzzle takes (2**n)-1 moves).