User blog comment:WaxPlanck/Log of 8-state TMs/@comment-30004975-20180123212022/@comment-32697988-20180124001229

I simulated the last turing machine for 20,000 steps. It did NOT halt. It appears to be writing ...1010101010... by going left and right and adding 1 each time.

0 _ 1 l 4

1 _ 1 r 2

1 1 1 r 5

2 _ 1 l 3

2 1 _ r 1

3 _ 1 r 4

3 1 _ l 2

4 _ 1 l 7

4 1 _ r 3

5 _ 1 r halt

5 1 1 r 2

6 _ 1 r 1

6 1 1 l 4

7 _ 1 l 3

7 1 _ r 6