The Amazing Interactive Turing Machine

An interactive fiction by J.D. Clemens (2006) - the Inform 7 source text

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Complete text		Section 3 - States

The current state is a number that varies. The current state is 1.
The head position is a number that varies. the head position is 1.
The previous state is a number that varies. The previous state is 1.

Table of State Transitions
StateN   E State   Z State   Z Action   O State   O Action
1   1   2   write one   1   move right
2   2   3   move left   2   move right
3   3   3   halt   4   write zero
4   4   4   move left   5   write zero
5   6   5   move left   5   move left
6   6   6   halt   6   halt
with 44 blank rows

A machine action is a kind of value. The machine actions are move left, move right, write zero, write one, and halt.