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An original puzzle from Elephant.

The computer generates a four by four grid on which it randomly places the first sixteen letters of the alphabet. The idea is to rearrange the letters into the correct sequence by rotating four letters at a time.

These instructions were fully given at the start of the program and full marks to Elephant here - when I began I knew exactly what I was doing.

The Spectrum does not lie when it announces "I'm thinking up a hard one for you," since I've yet to complete the puzzle. The fact that the program was written in Basic makes no difference - the computer responds very quickly. This is important when one is engrossed in a "If I rotate that and that then that will be there" strategy.

Graphics are used adequately to present the relevant information. My only criticism is that the grid huddles at the left of the screen and the whole program lacks that final professional touch.

Incidentally, I wonder what tape duplication service Elephant are using. The tape loaded firsttime, but there was lots of unpleasant hash in the background. This noise may worry people new to computing.

T.B.