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How to Use this Demonstration

The train starts at the red dot.

You select the next curve (part of the rail track) by clicking close to a green dot. If the move is valid, the train is marked by a new red dot, its previous position is orange, and all other visited dots are yellow.

Text Messages

If you make an illegal move, you get a "not allowed!" message on the graphics screen, and your last click is ignored.

If you reach your destination (marked by a capital "F"), you get a win message.

The System Knows

How does the system know when you made a wrong move?

Every green point has a sequential number. Select "show numbers" to see these numbers.

The system checks whether you made a valid move by finding the triple of the last three point numbers in a database of all allowed triples.

Controls

Click "take back" to undo your last step.

Click "save" to store your partially solved path.

Click "restore" to load the stored path.

Click "markers" to switch off the display of the green markers.

If "markers" is selected, you can click "numbers" to see the sequential numbers of the green points.